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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Achalasia is | The incidence of Achalasia is approximately ~ 1 per 100,000. There is no predilection to any age and has the same prevalence in both whites and non-whites. | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence and Prevalence=== | ===Incidence and Prevalence=== | ||
* Achalasia is a rare disease, with an incidence of ~ 1 case per 100,000 per year in adults and a prevalence of 8-10 | * Achalasia is a rare disease, with an incidence of ~ 1 case per 100,000 per year in adults and a prevalence of 8-10 cases per 100,000.<ref name="Sadowski-2010">{{Cite journal | last1 = Sadowski | first1 = DC. | last2 = Ackah | first2 = F. | last3 = Jiang | first3 = B. | last4 = Svenson | first4 = LW. | title = Achalasia: incidence, prevalence and survival. A population-based study. | journal = Neurogastroenterol Motil | volume = 22 | issue = 9 | pages = e256-61 | month = Sep | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01511.x | PMID = 20465592 }}</ref><ref name="pmid21116729">{{cite journal| author=Gennaro N, Portale G, Gallo C, Rocchietto S, Caruso V, Costantini M et al.| title=Esophageal achalasia in the Veneto region: epidemiology and treatment. Epidemiology and treatment of achalasia. | journal=J Gastrointest Surg | year= 2011 | volume= 15 | issue= 3 | pages= 423-8 | pmid=21116729 | doi=10.1007/s11605-010-1392-7 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21116729 }} </ref><ref name="pmid17420933">{{cite journal| author=Birgisson S, Richter JE| title=Achalasia in Iceland, 1952-2002: an epidemiologic study. | journal=Dig Dis Sci | year= 2007 | volume= 52 | issue= 8 | pages= 1855-60 | pmid=17420933 | doi=10.1007/s10620-006-9286-y | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17420933 }} </ref> | ||
===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
* | * Most commonly, achalasia is diagnosed between 25 and 60 years old, mean age of diagnosis being > 50 years.<ref name="pmid20465592">{{cite journal| author=Sadowski DC, Ackah F, Jiang B, Svenson LW| title=Achalasia: incidence, prevalence and survival. A population-based study. | journal=Neurogastroenterol Motil | year= 2010 | volume= 22 | issue= 9 | pages= e256-61 | pmid=20465592 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01511.x | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20465592 }} </ref> | ||
===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
* | * Achalasia has no predilection to any age.<ref name="pmid20465592">{{cite journal| author=Sadowski DC, Ackah F, Jiang B, Svenson LW| title=Achalasia: incidence, prevalence and survival. A population-based study. | journal=Neurogastroenterol Motil | year= 2010 | volume= 22 | issue= 9 | pages= e256-61 | pmid=20465592 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01511.x | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20465592 }} </ref><ref name="pmid17420933">{{cite journal| author=Birgisson S, Richter JE| title=Achalasia in Iceland, 1952-2002: an epidemiologic study. | journal=Dig Dis Sci | year= 2007 | volume= 52 | issue= 8 | pages= 1855-60 | pmid=17420933 | doi=10.1007/s10620-006-9286-y | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17420933 }} </ref> | ||
===Race=== | |||
* Achalasia has the same prevalence in both whites and non-whites.<ref name="pmid21480936">{{cite journal |vauthors=Enestvedt BK, Williams JL, Sonnenberg A |title=Epidemiology and practice patterns of achalasia in a large multi-centre database |journal=Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. |volume=33 |issue=11 |pages=1209–14 |year=2011 |pmid=21480936 |pmc=3857989 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04655.x |url=}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1], Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Younes M.B.B.CH [2]
Overview
The incidence of Achalasia is approximately ~ 1 per 100,000. There is no predilection to any age and has the same prevalence in both whites and non-whites.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence and Prevalence
- Achalasia is a rare disease, with an incidence of ~ 1 case per 100,000 per year in adults and a prevalence of 8-10 cases per 100,000.[1][2][3]
Age
- Most commonly, achalasia is diagnosed between 25 and 60 years old, mean age of diagnosis being > 50 years.[4]
Gender
Race
- Achalasia has the same prevalence in both whites and non-whites.[5]
References
- ↑ Sadowski, DC.; Ackah, F.; Jiang, B.; Svenson, LW. (2010). "Achalasia: incidence, prevalence and survival. A population-based study". Neurogastroenterol Motil. 22 (9): e256–61. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01511.x. PMID 20465592. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Gennaro N, Portale G, Gallo C, Rocchietto S, Caruso V, Costantini M; et al. (2011). "Esophageal achalasia in the Veneto region: epidemiology and treatment. Epidemiology and treatment of achalasia". J Gastrointest Surg. 15 (3): 423–8. doi:10.1007/s11605-010-1392-7. PMID 21116729.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Birgisson S, Richter JE (2007). "Achalasia in Iceland, 1952-2002: an epidemiologic study". Dig Dis Sci. 52 (8): 1855–60. doi:10.1007/s10620-006-9286-y. PMID 17420933.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sadowski DC, Ackah F, Jiang B, Svenson LW (2010). "Achalasia: incidence, prevalence and survival. A population-based study". Neurogastroenterol Motil. 22 (9): e256–61. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01511.x. PMID 20465592.
- ↑ Enestvedt BK, Williams JL, Sonnenberg A (2011). "Epidemiology and practice patterns of achalasia in a large multi-centre database". Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. 33 (11): 1209–14. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04655.x. PMC 3857989. PMID 21480936.