Endometriosis affects an estimated 10% of reproductive age women worldwide.
Notes on verification
Consistently supported by NEJM, Nature Reviews Disease Primers, WHO Bulletin, and multiple systematic reviews; 10% is the widely cited rounded consensus figure, though actual estimates range 5-13% depending on diagnostic criteria and population.
Sources
- Endometriosis (who.int)
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- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41572-018-0008-5 (nature.com)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11601192/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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