What are the Lupus survival rates?

Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack the body’s organs. In severe cases, organs damage and failure can occur. Over 90 percent of people with lupus are women between the ages of 15 and 45. read more

The prognosis of Lupus may include the duration of Lupus, chances of complications of Lupus, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Lupus, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Lupus. read more

Some confusion about lupus life expectancy relates to the way research is communicated. Research that shows 80-90% of people with lupus live for more than 10 years is often misinterpreted as giving people with lupus only 10 years to live. read more

Toronto Western Hospital researcher Murray Urowitz, MD, and colleagues analyzed data on 1,184 lupus patients collected every two to six months from 1970 to 2005. Urowitz's team looked at patients during four eight-year periods: 1970-1978, 1979-1987, 1988-1996, and 1997-2005. read more