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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
In Europe and America, the incidence of appendicitis is about 100 per 100,000 patients per year.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Ohmann C, Franke C, Kraemer M, Yang Q |title=[Status report on epidemiology of acute appendicitis] |language=German |journal=Chirurg |volume=73 |issue=8 |pages=769–76 |year=2002 |month=August |pmid=12425152 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *In Europe and America, the incidence of appendicitis is about 100 per 100,000 patients per year.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Ohmann C, Franke C, Kraemer M, Yang Q |title=[Status report on epidemiology of acute appendicitis] |language=German |journal=Chirurg |volume=73 |issue=8 |pages=769–76 |year=2002 |month=August |pmid=12425152 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
In the United States, the highest incidence of appendicitis is found in the age group of 10-19.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Addiss DG, Shaffer N, Fowler BS, Tauxe RV |title=The epidemiology of appendicitis and appendectomy in the United States |journal=Am. J. Epidemiol. |volume=132 |issue=5 |pages=910–25 |year=1990 |month=November |pmid=2239906 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *In the United States, the highest incidence of appendicitis is found in the age group of 10-19.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Addiss DG, Shaffer N, Fowler BS, Tauxe RV |title=The epidemiology of appendicitis and appendectomy in the United States |journal=Am. J. Epidemiol. |volume=132 |issue=5 |pages=910–25 |year=1990 |month=November |pmid=2239906 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
Males have a 1.4 times increased presentation of appendicitis compared to women across all age groups. | *Males have a 1.4 times increased presentation of appendicitis compared to women across all age groups. | ||
===Race=== | ===Race=== | ||
Appendicitis rates were 1.5 times higher in | *Appendicitis rates were 1.5 times higher in Caucasians than in other nationalities. | ||
==References== | ==References== |
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Overview
Appendicitis is a common disease in both Europe and America with about 100 people per 100,000 per year developing cases of appendicitis. Younger people, in the age group of 10-19, have the highest rates of developing appendicitis. Males are more likely than females to develop appendicitis. Whites are more likely than nonwhites to develop appendicitis.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- In Europe and America, the incidence of appendicitis is about 100 per 100,000 patients per year.[1]
Age
- In the United States, the highest incidence of appendicitis is found in the age group of 10-19.[2]
Gender
- Males have a 1.4 times increased presentation of appendicitis compared to women across all age groups.
Race
- Appendicitis rates were 1.5 times higher in Caucasians than in other nationalities.
References
- ↑ Ohmann C, Franke C, Kraemer M, Yang Q (2002). "[Status report on epidemiology of acute appendicitis]". Chirurg (in German). 73 (8): 769–76. PMID 12425152. Unknown parameter
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