“They found that, taken together, these 19 autoimmune diseases studied affect about 10% of the population –13% of women and 7% of men.”
UK health records from 22 million people put 19 autoimmune diseases at 10% of the population. Women carry nearly double the rate of men. The researchers found socioeconomic, seasonal and regional gaps that genes alone don’t explain. That points at things we eat, breathe or live in, and nobody has named them yet.