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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The [[incidence]] of syncope ranges from 260 to 1950 cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide. It increases with age and especially after age 70 years old. Syncope affects men and women equally. | The [[incidence]] of syncope ranges from 260 to 1950 cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide. It increases with age and especially after age 70 years old. Syncope affects men and women equally. | ||
=Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
* The [[incidence]] of syncope ranges from 260 to 1950 cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide.<ref name="SoteriadesEvans2002">{{cite journal|last1=Soteriades|first1=Elpidoforos S.|last2=Evans|first2=Jane C.|last3=Larson|first3=Martin G.|last4=Chen|first4=Ming Hui|last5=Chen|first5=Leway|last6=Benjamin|first6=Emelia J.|last7=Levy|first7=Daniel|title=Incidence and Prognosis of Syncope|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=347|issue=12|year=2002|pages=878–885|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMoa012407}}</ref><ref name="RuwaldHansen2012">{{cite journal|last1=Ruwald|first1=M. H.|last2=Hansen|first2=M. L.|last3=Lamberts|first3=M.|last4=Hansen|first4=C. M.|last5=Hojgaard|first5=M. V.|last6=Kober|first6=L.|last7=Torp-Pedersen|first7=C.|last8=Hansen|first8=J.|last9=Gislason|first9=G. H.|title=The relation between age, sex, comorbidity, and pharmacotherapy and the risk of syncope: a Danish nationwide study|journal=Europace|volume=14|issue=10|year=2012|pages=1506–1514|issn=1099-5129|doi=10.1093/europace/eus154}}</ref> | * The [[incidence]] of syncope ranges from 260 to 1950 cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide.<ref name="SoteriadesEvans2002">{{cite journal|last1=Soteriades|first1=Elpidoforos S.|last2=Evans|first2=Jane C.|last3=Larson|first3=Martin G.|last4=Chen|first4=Ming Hui|last5=Chen|first5=Leway|last6=Benjamin|first6=Emelia J.|last7=Levy|first7=Daniel|title=Incidence and Prognosis of Syncope|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=347|issue=12|year=2002|pages=878–885|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMoa012407}}</ref><ref name="RuwaldHansen2012">{{cite journal|last1=Ruwald|first1=M. H.|last2=Hansen|first2=M. L.|last3=Lamberts|first3=M.|last4=Hansen|first4=C. M.|last5=Hojgaard|first5=M. V.|last6=Kober|first6=L.|last7=Torp-Pedersen|first7=C.|last8=Hansen|first8=J.|last9=Gislason|first9=G. H.|title=The relation between age, sex, comorbidity, and pharmacotherapy and the risk of syncope: a Danish nationwide study|journal=Europace|volume=14|issue=10|year=2012|pages=1506–1514|issn=1099-5129|doi=10.1093/europace/eus154}}</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Emergency medicine]] | [[Category:Emergency medicine]] | ||
[[Category:Cardiology]] | [[Category:Cardiology]] | ||
[[Category:Neurology]] | [[Category:Neurology]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sahar Memar Montazerin, M.D.[2]
Overview
The incidence of syncope ranges from 260 to 1950 cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide. It increases with age and especially after age 70 years old. Syncope affects men and women equally.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
Age
- The incidence of syncope increase with age and especially after age 70 years old.[2]
- The incidence peaks around age 20 and 80 years old.
Gender
- Syncope affects men and women equally.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Soteriades, Elpidoforos S.; Evans, Jane C.; Larson, Martin G.; Chen, Ming Hui; Chen, Leway; Benjamin, Emelia J.; Levy, Daniel (2002). "Incidence and Prognosis of Syncope". New England Journal of Medicine. 347 (12): 878–885. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa012407. ISSN 0028-4793.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ruwald, M. H.; Hansen, M. L.; Lamberts, M.; Hansen, C. M.; Hojgaard, M. V.; Kober, L.; Torp-Pedersen, C.; Hansen, J.; Gislason, G. H. (2012). "The relation between age, sex, comorbidity, and pharmacotherapy and the risk of syncope: a Danish nationwide study". Europace. 14 (10): 1506–1514. doi:10.1093/europace/eus154. ISSN 1099-5129.