Rate of lupus disease

By Metro Creative

Lupus Canada notes that women between the ages of 15 and 45 are most often affected by lupus. In fact, the Lupus Foundation of America reports that 90% of people living with lupus are women.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the most common form of the disease, and the LFA estimates that half a million women between the ages of 15 and 45 in the United States have the condition.

In addition, while Caucasian women are not invulnerable to lupus, the Lupus Research Alliance reports that the disease is more common in women of African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American descent.

— Metro Creative