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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Prevalence=== | |||
* About 5% of the population has some type of aneurysm in the brain, but only a small number of these aneurysms cause symptoms or rupture. | * About 5% of the population has some type of aneurysm in the brain, but only a small number of these aneurysms cause symptoms or rupture. | ||
===Age== | |||
* Cerebral aneurysms occur more commonly in adults than in children but they may occur at any age. | * Cerebral aneurysms occur more commonly in adults than in children but they may occur at any age. | ||
===Gender=== | |||
* They are slightly more common in women than in men. | * They are slightly more common in women than in men. | ||
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Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
- About 5% of the population has some type of aneurysm in the brain, but only a small number of these aneurysms cause symptoms or rupture.
=Age
- Cerebral aneurysms occur more commonly in adults than in children but they may occur at any age.
Gender
- They are slightly more common in women than in men.