Category(Skin)	Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues
System	Integumentary System
Organ	Skin
Alternate Names /Common Names	-
Names in different languages	Psoriasi in Italian Yin xie bing in Chinese Psoriaz in Russian Schuppenflechte in German
ICD 10 Classification	L40-45 Papulosquamous disorders L40 Psoriasis (L40.0 - L40.9)
World statistic	Psoriasis is the most prevalent autoimmune disease in U.S. 125 million people worldwide or 2 to 3 percent of the total population have psoriasis, according to the World Psoriasis Day consortium. Studies show that between 10 and 30 percent of people with psoriasis also develop psoriatic arthritis. Psoriasis prevalence in African Americans is 1.3 percent compared to 2.5 percent of Caucasians.
Indian statistics	Reliable Indian statistics not available
Most prevalent in	Worldwide prevalence