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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Conjunctivitis accounts for 1% of all primary care visits and emergency room visits. | Conjunctivitis accounts for 1% of all primary care visits and emergency room visits. | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | |||
==Prevalence== | ===Prevalence=== | ||
1,300 to 1,400 cases per 100,000 people / year. The prevalence keratoconjunctivitis ranges from 12 to 106 cases per 100,000 population. | 1,300 to 1,400 cases per 100,000 people / year. The prevalence keratoconjunctivitis ranges from 12 to 106 cases per 100,000 population. | ||
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==Gender== | The incidence is higher in children <1 year old (8000 cases per 100,000 patient-years) than in children >4 years of age (1200 cases per 100,000 patient-years). While viral conjunctivitis is more common in adults, bacterial conjunctivitis is more common in children. | ||
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Conjunctivitis occurs equally in males and females. | Conjunctivitis occurs equally in males and females. | ||
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Overview
Conjunctivitis accounts for 1% of all primary care visits and emergency room visits.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
1,300 to 1,400 cases per 100,000 people / year. The prevalence keratoconjunctivitis ranges from 12 to 106 cases per 100,000 population.
Age
The incidence is higher in children <1 year old (8000 cases per 100,000 patient-years) than in children >4 years of age (1200 cases per 100,000 patient-years). While viral conjunctivitis is more common in adults, bacterial conjunctivitis is more common in children.
Gender
Conjunctivitis occurs equally in males and females.