What kind of disease is scurvy?
                                
                                
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                                According to a 2017-2018 survey, about 5.9% of the U.S. population had vitamin C deficiency, though severe cases like scurvy are rare. This nutritional disease, caused by an extreme lack of vitamin C, leads to widespread bodily damage, a condition once common but now mostly seen in vulnerable populations.