Virtually every woman is affected by a gynecological condition or infection at some time during her life. In the United States, more than 1 million women experience an episode of acute PID each year, with teenagers having the highest rate of infection. This makes endometriosis more common than AIDS and more common than cancer.
Endometriosis is one of the three major causes of female infertility.
Chlamydia, a sexually transmitted vaginal infection, is the most frequently reported infectious disease in the United States. Cancer of the endometrium is the most common cancer of the female reproductive organs. It is estimated that 38,300 new cases of endometrial cancer will be diagnosed in the US in 2001, and about 6,600 women will die from endometrial cancer. Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common cancer among women. It is estimated that about 23,400 new cases of ovarian cancer will be diagnosed in the US in 2001.