Facts and Figures
An estimated 29% of the world’s population across 130 countries lives in iodine-deficient environments, and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 285 million children of school age have iodine deficiency. Iodine deficiency is responsible for the most common, preventable form of congenital hypothyroidism (i.e., hypothyroidism due to maternal iodine deficiency during pregnancy). Congenital hypothyroidism is endemic in some regions of the world, affecting up to 10% of the population in severely iodine-deficient regions (e.g., parts of India, Indonesia, and China). Many women in the US are marginally iodine deficient; only about 15% of pregnant and lactating women in the US take vitamin supplements containing adequate iodide.
Facts and FiguresAn estimated 29% of the world’s population across 130 countries lives in iodine-deficient environments, and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 285 million children of school age have iodine deficiency. Iodine deficiency is responsible for the most common, preventable form of congenital hypothyroidism (i.e., hypothyroidism due to maternal iodine deficiency during pregnancy). Congenital hypothyroidism is endemic in some regions of the world, affecting up to 10% of the population in severely iodine-deficient regions (e.g., parts of India, Indonesia, and China). Many women in the US are marginally iodine deficient; only about 15% of pregnant and lactating women in the US take vitamin supplements containing adequate iodide.
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