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The incidence/prevalence of umbilical hernia is approximately 0.015 to 0.023 per 100,000 of newborns affected in USA. Commonly seen in low-birth-weight babies, African-Americans, and Hispanics. It affects males and females equally. | The incidence/prevalence of umbilical hernia is approximately 0.015 to 0.023 per 100,000 of newborns affected in USA. Commonly seen in low-birth-weight babies, African-Americans, and Hispanics. It affects males and females equally. | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
*The epidemiology and demographics are as follows: | *The epidemiology and demographics are as follows:<ref name="pmid20893033">{{cite journal| author=Evans AG| title=The Comparative Incidence of Umbilical Hernias in Colored and White Infants. | journal=J Natl Med Assoc | year= 1941 | volume= 33 | issue= 4 | pages= 158-60 | pmid=20893033 | doi= | pmc=2624602 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20893033 }} </ref> | ||
===Prevalence=== | ===Prevalence=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]
Overview
The incidence/prevalence of umbilical hernia is approximately 0.015 to 0.023 per 100,000 of newborns affected in USA. Commonly seen in low-birth-weight babies, African-Americans, and Hispanics. It affects males and females equally.
Epidemiology and Demographics
- The epidemiology and demographics are as follows:[1]
Prevalence
- The incidence/prevalence of umbilical hernia is approximately 0.015 to 0.023 per 100,000 of newborns affected in USA.
- Commonly seen in low-birth-weight babies
Age
- Patients of all age groups may develop umbilical hernia
Race
- Umbilical hernia usually affects individuals of the African-American race and Hispanic race.
- White individuals are less likely to develop Umbilical hernia.
Gender
- Umbilical hernia affects men and women equally.