Psoriasis Facts

~Psoriasis may disqualify a person from serving in the U.S. military
~About 1 million people in the U.S. population have psoriatic arthritis; that equals about 0.5 percent of the country
~Between 10 percent and 30 percent of people with psoriasis develop psoriatic arthritis
~Psoriatic arthritis usually develops between the ages of 30 and 50, but it can develop at any time
~Generally psoriasis appears before the psoriatic arthritis, but it can develop without the characteristic skin lesions
~There are five types of psoriatic arthritis
Psoriasis patients
~Psoriasis patients make nearly 2.4 million visits to dermatologists each year
~Overall costs of treating psoriasis may exceed $3 billion annually
~150,000 to 260,000 cases of psoriasis are diagnosed each year
~If one parent has psoriasis, children have a 10 percent to 25 percent chance of developing psoriasis
~If both parents have psoriasis, children have a 50 percent chance
~Psoriasis affects an estimated 1 percent to 3 percent of the world's population