A population-based study on autoimmune disease

The increasing prevalence of autoimmune diseases has become one of the leading concerns in public health.1,2 Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells and tissues in the body, leading to chronic inflammation, tissue damage, and organ dysfunction.1 As more people are diagnosed with autoimmune disease, the burden on health-care systems, families, and communities grows.2 Adequate public health and service delivery planning requires reliable information about contemporary population-level disease incidence; however, there is a poor understanding about the estimates of autoimmune diseases and their temporal trends in many countries.