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==Demographics== At least one million Americans are estimated to have [[ME/CFS|myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome]] (ME/CFS).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.meaction.net/about/what-is-me/ | title = What is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)?|website=#MEAction|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-15}}</ref> The [[Institute of Medicine report]] estimated 836,000 and 2.5 million Americans have [[ME/CFS]] at a cost of between 17 and 24 billion dollars annually in the US.<ref name="IOM2015MECFS" /> This represents a prevalence of around 0.3% of the population. A report by the Health and Medicine Division of the [[National Academy of Medicine]] (NAM) estimates the number of people with ME/CFS in the US to be between 836,000 and 2.5 million.<ref>http:https://www.nap.edu/catalog/19012/beyond-myalgic-encephalomyelitischronic-fatigue-syndrome-redefining-an-illness</ref> Regionally, there are estimates of up to: *300,000 in California *79,000 in Georgia *52,000 in Massachusetts *76,000 in Michigan *69,000 in New Jersey *98,000 in Pennsylvania *55,000 in Seattle *5,000 in Washington D.C.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rivka-solomon/millionsmissing-a-hidden-_b_12183114.html</ref>
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