“The Lupus Foundation of America estimates that 1.5 million Americans, and at least five million people worldwide, have a form of lupus!  Lupus strikes mostly women of childbearing age. Ninety percent (90%) of people living with lupus are women. However, men, children, and teenagers develop lupus, too. Most people with lupus develop the disease between the ages of 15-44. Most people with lupus develop the disease between the ages of 15-44.  Lupus is two to three times more prevalent among African American, Hispanic/Latina, Asian American, Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander women than among White women.”.

Lupus Foundation of America (https://www.lupus.org/resources/lupus-facts-and-statistics)