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Worldwide Prevalence of Endometriosis
190 million
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10%
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Age (in years)
Unpublished, Source: United Nations, 2018
Societal Burden
• Significant symptom‐related consequences for quality of life of women and their families (Nnoaham et al., Fert Steril 2011)
• High economic burden, direct + indirect cost:
– US: $ 22 billion, annually (Simoens et al., Hum Reprod 2007);
– Europe: €9.5K per‐patient annually (Simoens et al., Hum Reprod 2012)
– Annual per‐patient health care costs estimated to be similar to major chronic diseases ‐ Crohn’s disease; Type II Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Female population (in thousand)
