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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Dermatol. 2008 Nov 20;60(2):218–224. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.09.022

Table 1.

Summary statistics of psoriasis patients in the US population ages 20–59.

Psoriasis

No Psoriasis History of health
care provider
diagnosis
Undiagnosed
active psoriasis-
conservative
estimate1
Undiagnosed
active psoriasis
less conservative
estimate2

Psoriasis prevalence (95%CI) NA
Overall 3.15% (2.18, 4.53) 0.40% (0.19, 0.82) 2.28% (1.47, 3.50)
Women 1.62% (1.02, 2.55) 0.48% (0.22, 1.03)
Men 1.53% (0.97, 2.40) 1.8% (1.15, 2.8)

Gender % male (95%CI) 49.03% (47.69, 50.36) 48.61% (35.54, 61.86) 82.31% (25.62, 98.43) 79.1% (63.99, 88.96)

Mean age (95%CI) 38.91 (38.10, 39.72) 41.11 (38.80, 43.42) 44.06 (34.58, 53.54) 41.69 (38.74, 44.64)

Race
(% White) 68.79% 81.61% 79.94% 70.01%
(% Black) 12.16% 7.96% 12.19% 16.76%
(% Hispanic) 13.29% 6.53% 7.87% 4.44%
(% Other) 5.76% 3.9% 0 8.79%

Income ≤ median %3 (95%CI) 43.91% (39.49, 48.43) 37.37% (28.24, 47.49) 26.89% (4.78, 72.94) 51.63% (36.83, 66.16)

No advanced (post-high school) education % (95%CI) 42.59% (40.38, 44.83) 29.51% (19.58, 41.86) 57.17% (25.50, 83.89) 56.85% (45.58, 67.45)

Not Married (95%CI) 43.86% (40.45, 47.32) 31.79% (23.01, 42.09) 37.97% (11.62, 74.03) 47.10% (29.19, 65.79)

No health insurance (95%CI) 22.59% (20.44, 24.89) 16.15% (9.19, 26.83) 0 27.16% (14.63, 44.79)

Psoriasis patients with a history of health care provider diagnosis and patients with undiagnosed active psoriasis are compared to patients without psoriasis.

1

The conservative estimate of undiagnosed active psoriasis is determined by agreement of psoriasis by both dermatologists upon review of standardized photographs in a patient who reported no previous diagnosis of psoriasis by a health care provider

2

Undiagnosed active psoriasis by less conservative estimate is determined by at least one dermatologist upon review of standardized photographs in a patient who reported no previous diagnosis of psoriasis by a health care provider

3

Median income is $35,000 to $44,999