Juvenile Dermatomyositis

Juvenile Dermatomyositis is indexed under Autoimmune & Inflammatory, inflammatory myopathy.

US prevalence
No US figure has cleared source review yet. Sources under review: Migrated from legacy autoimmune dataset; awaiting TIER_1 source.
ICD-10-CM codes
M33.0
Typical onset
childhood / 5-14
Course
persistent
Body systems
skin, skeletal muscle, GI vasculature, lungs
Sex differences
female-predominant
Racial and ethnic differences
worldwide; higher severity in non-White populations

What this page does not establish

These figures describe populations, not individuals, and none of them is a diagnosis or a treatment recommendation. Prevalence estimates are approximate and reflect published ranges. Disparity figures are reported patterns, not causes.

Taxonomy last reviewed 2026-05-19. Each figure on the interactive page carries its own source and retrieval date, which can be later than this review.

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