Each year in the U.S., over 12 million adults who seek outpatient medical care receive a misdiagnosis, according to a recent study by BMJ Quality & Safety. That translates to about 5 percent of adults, or 1 out of 20 adult patients. 

From the most commonly misdiagnosed cancers to shocking second opinion stats, we’ve broken down misdiagnosis prevalence by the numbers.

Sources:

• https://science.slashdot.org/story/17/04/15/2347244/88-of-medical-second-opinions-give-a-different-diagnosis—and-so-do-some-ai

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/20-percent-of-patients-with-serious-conditions-are-first-misdiagnosed-study-says/2017/04/03/e386982a-189f-11e7-9887-1a5314b56a08_story.html?utm_term=.1411c40b921a

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/12-million-americans-misdiagnosed-each-year-study-says/

• https://paulandperkins.chttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/12-million-americans-misdiagnosed-each-year-study-says/om/cancer-statistics/

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bechttps://paulandperkins.com/cancer-statistics/ause-the-doctor-isnt-always-right/

• https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2017/04/04/Study-finds-more-than-20-percent-of-patients-are-misdiagnosed/7911491312817/