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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
*The incidence of Bell's palsy is approximately 30 per 100,000 individuals.<ref name="pmid3144231">{{cite journal| author=Yanagihara N| title=Incidence of Bell's palsy. | journal=Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl | year= 1988 | volume= 137 | issue= | pages= 3-4 | pmid=3144231 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3144231 }} </ref> | *The [[incidence]] of Bell's palsy is approximately 30 per 100,000 individuals.<ref name="pmid3144231">{{cite journal| author=Yanagihara N| title=Incidence of Bell's palsy. | journal=Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl | year= 1988 | volume= 137 | issue= | pages= 3-4 | pmid=3144231 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3144231 }} </ref> | ||
===Prevalence=== | ===Prevalence=== | ||
*The lifetime prevalence of Bell's palsy was 642.8 cases per 100,000 population age 15 years and above in one study.<ref name="pmid8874598">{{cite journal| author=Savettieri G, Salemi G, Rocca WA, Meneghini F, Santangelo R, Morgante L et al.| title=Incidence and lifetime prevalence of Bell's palsy in two Sicilian municipalities. Sicilian Neuro-Epidemiologic Study (SNES) Group. | journal=Acta Neurol Scand | year= 1996 | volume= 94 | issue= 1 | pages= 71-5 | pmid=8874598 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8874598 }} </ref> | *The lifetime [[prevalence]] of Bell's palsy was 642.8 cases per 100,000 population age 15 years and above in one study.<ref name="pmid8874598">{{cite journal| author=Savettieri G, Salemi G, Rocca WA, Meneghini F, Santangelo R, Morgante L et al.| title=Incidence and lifetime prevalence of Bell's palsy in two Sicilian municipalities. Sicilian Neuro-Epidemiologic Study (SNES) Group. | journal=Acta Neurol Scand | year= 1996 | volume= 94 | issue= 1 | pages= 71-5 | pmid=8874598 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8874598 }} </ref> | ||
===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamadmostafa Jahansouz M.D.[2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
Prevalence
- The lifetime prevalence of Bell's palsy was 642.8 cases per 100,000 population age 15 years and above in one study.[2]
Age
- The incidence of Bell's palsy increases with age.[2]
Race
- There is no racial predilection to Bell's palsy.
Gender
- Bell's palsy affects men and women equally.
- The ratio of male to female patients was 48:52 in one study.[1]
Region
There is no geographic difference in incidence of Bell's palsy.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yanagihara N (1988). "Incidence of Bell's palsy". Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Suppl. 137: 3–4. PMID 3144231.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Savettieri G, Salemi G, Rocca WA, Meneghini F, Santangelo R, Morgante L; et al. (1996). "Incidence and lifetime prevalence of Bell's palsy in two Sicilian municipalities. Sicilian Neuro-Epidemiologic Study (SNES) Group". Acta Neurol Scand. 94 (1): 71–5. PMID 8874598.