TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoChronic fatigue syndrome is not rare, says new CDC survey. It affects 3.3 million U.S. adultswww.boston.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down12
arrow-up1228arrow-down1external-linkChronic fatigue syndrome is not rare, says new CDC survey. It affects 3.3 million U.S. adultswww.boston.comTheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoIt seems like classifications differ between regions. In the US, an illness is rare if it affects fewer than 200,000 Americans. In the EU it’s less than 1 in 2000 (or less than 0.05%). So no, 1% isn’t anywhere close to rare.
It seems like classifications differ between regions. In the US, an illness is rare if it affects fewer than 200,000 Americans. In the EU it’s less than 1 in 2000 (or less than 0.05%).
So no, 1% isn’t anywhere close to rare.