Lifetime prevalence of physician-diagnosed alopecia areata, general population worldwide
0.10%
per 10,000 people, worldwide
“The estimated lifetime prevalence rate of AA was 0.10% [95% credible interval (CrI) 0.03-0.39] in the general population worldwide”
- Kind of source
- Peer-reviewed study
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
- Daily check
- Quote found at the source on 2026-11-06
- What to know
- Bayesian model over 88 studies from 28 countries; 95% credible interval 0.03 to 0.39%. 48% of Global Burden of Disease regions had insufficient data.
- Arithmetic
- 0.10% = 10 per 10,000 people.
- About
- Alopecia areata
Used in
Kept as evidence; no figure on the platform is computed from it yet.