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Why Is Autoimmune Disease Under-Served?

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Under-Recognized: Autoimmune diseases affect as many people as CVD + Cancer

16%

10%

6%

68%

US Patient Population

Percent US Population Living WithAutoImmune Disease

Percent US Population Living WithCardiovascular Disease

Percent US Population Living With Cancer

http://www.aarda.org/autoimmune-information/autoimmune-statistics/

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus13.pdf#042

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Under-Diagnosed:It takes an average of 3.6 years to get an autoimmune diagnosis

Survey Issues 1996 2001 2006 2013 2014*

Years to Diagnosis 5 4 4 4 3.5

# Physicians Seen 6 4 4 4 5

Labeled Chronic Complainer

64% 45% 45% 51% -

*http://www.aarda.org/news-briefing-for-autoimmune-disease-

awareness-month-2014/

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Under-Researched: Autoimmune research receives <6% of NIH grants

6%

24%

37%

33%

2014 NIH Grant Allocations

Total Autoimmune Spending

Total Cardiovascular DiseaseSpending

Total Cancer Spending

Other

http://report.nih.gov/categorical_spending.aspx

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Under-Appreciated: Lower Quality of Life for many years

Disease Condition

Unhealthy Days in the Last Month

Normal Population

Unhealthy Days

Percent Lower Quality of Life

2014 NIH Funding USD

Rheumatoid Arthritis

11.2 6 86.66% 239 Million*

Breast Cancer 8.5 6.1 39.34% 682 Million

*Actual funding lower, 239 Million includes all Arthritis research not just RA

http://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/key_findings.htm

Currey SS, Rao JK, Winfield JB, Callahan LF. Performance of a generic health-related quality of life measure in a

clinic population with rheumatic disease. Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Oct 15;49(5):658-64. PubMed PMID: 14558051.

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Citations

• http://www.aarda.org/autoimmune-information/autoimmune-statistics/• http://www.aarda.org/news-briefing-for-autoimmune-disease-awareness-month-2014/• http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus13.pdf#042• http://www.diabetesed.net/page/_files/autoimmune-diseases.pdf• http://report.nih.gov/categorical_spending.aspx• Sex Differences in Autoimmune Disease, Fairweather Et. Al.• Currey SS, Rao JK, Winfield JB, Callahan LF. Performance of a generic health-related quality of life

measure in a clinic population with rheumatic disease. Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Oct 15;49(5):658-64. PubMed PMID: 14558051.

• http://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/key_findings.html

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