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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aravind Kuchkuntla, M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

The epidemiological data for endometriosis is scare due to the following reasons:
- Endometriosis includes a wide spectrum of symptoms and pathologic findings.
- Endometriosis in the early stages is asymptomatic and it is a diagnosis made for the first time as a part of infertility work up.

Worldwide, the prevalence of endometriosis is approximately around 11%.^[1]
Endometriosis accounts for 33% of cases with chronic pelvic pain and 17% of cases with infertility.

Endometriosis is more common in Americans than the African American population.

Endometriosis is a condition affecting women in the reproductive age group, between 15 to 45 years of age.

Endometriosis is a condition affecting the females, however few cases of male urinary tract endometriosis are described.

↑ Buck Louis, Germaine M.; Hediger, Mary L.; Peterson, C. Matthew; Croughan, Mary; Sundaram, Rajeshwari; Stanford, Joseph; Chen, Zhen; Fujimoto, Victor Y.; Varner, Michael W.; Trumble, Ann; Giudice, Linda C. (2011). "Incidence of endometriosis by study population and diagnostic method: the ENDO study". Fertility and Sterility. 96 (2): 360–365. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.05.087. ISSN 0015-0282.