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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
The epidemiology and demographics of pneumothorax are as follows:<ref name="pmid29083723">{{cite journal |vauthors=Costumbrado J, Ghassemzadeh S |title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |year= |pmid=29083723 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
====Primary spontaneous pneumothorax==== | ====Primary spontaneous pneumothorax==== | ||
*The incidence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax is approximately 7.4-18 per 100,000 individuals in males in USA. | *The incidence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax is approximately 7.4-18 per 100,000 individuals in males in USA. | ||
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Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
The epidemiology and demographics of pneumothorax are as follows:[1]
Incidence
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax
- The incidence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax is approximately 7.4-18 per 100,000 individuals in males in USA.
- The incidence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax is approximately 1.2-6.0 per 100,000 individuals in females in USA.
Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax
- Incidence of males to females ratio is 6.3 to 2.0 per 100,000
Age
Patients of all age groups may develop pneumothorax.
Race
There is no racial predilection to pneumothorax.
Gender
- Males are more commonly affected by pneumothorax than females. The male to female ratio is approximately 3 to 1.