Plummer-Vinson syndrome epidemiology and demographics

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Epidemiology and Demographics

Incidence

  • The incidence/prevalence of [disease name] is approximately [number range] per 100,000 individuals worldwide.
  • In [year], the incidence/prevalence of [disease name] was estimated to be [number range] cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide.

Prevalence

  • The incidence/prevalence of [disease name] is approximately [number range] per 100,000 individuals worldwide.
  • In [year], the incidence/prevalence of [disease name] was estimated to be [number range] cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide.
  • The prevalence of [disease/malignancy] is estimated to be [number] cases annually.

Case-fatality rate/Mortality rate

  • In [year], the incidence of [disease name] is approximately [number range] per 100,000 individuals with a case-fatality rate/mortality rate of [number range]%.
  • The case-fatality rate/mortality rate of [disease name] is approximately [number range].

Age

  • Patients of all age groups may develop Plummer-Vinson syndrome.
  • In adults, Plummer-Vinson syndrome commonly affects individuals in fourth to seventh decade of life.
  • In children, Plummer-Vinson syndrome commonly affects individuals in the age group of 10-18 years.

Race

  • There is no racial predilection to [disease name].
  • Plummer-Vinson syndrome usually affects individuals of the caucasian race.

Gender

  • [Disease name] affects men and women equally.
  • [Gender 1] are more commonly affected by [disease name] than [gender 2]. The [gender 1] to [gender 2] ratio is approximately [number > 1] to 1.

Region

  • The majority of Plummer-Vinson syndrome cases are reported in Scandinavian countries.[1][2]


  • [Disease name] is a common/rare disease that tends to affect [patient population 1] and [patient population 2].

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References

  1. Chisholm, M. (1974). "The association between webs, iron and post-cricoid carcinoma". Postgraduate Medical Journal. 50 (582): 215–219. doi:10.1136/pgmj.50.582.215. ISSN 0032-5473.
  2. Wynder, Ernest L.; Hultberg, Sven; Jacobsson, Folke; Bross, Irwin J. (1957). "Environmental factors in cancer of the upper alimentary tract.A swedish study with special reference to plummer-vinson (Paterson-Kelly) syndrome". Cancer. 10 (3): 470–487. doi:10.1002/1097-0142(195705/06)10:3<470::AID-CNCR2820100309>3.0.CO;2-7. ISSN 0008-543X.

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