Blepharitis epidemiology and demographics

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [2]

Overview

Blepharitis is one of the most common ocular disorders encountered in clinical practice.

Epidemiology and Demographics

Age

Blepharitis can affect all age groups. Chronic blepharitis tends to affect middle age population. (50 years old). Staphylococcal blepharitis ends to affect relatively younger population. (42 years old)

Gender

No predilection towards either gender exists. However, staphylococcal are commonly often observed among females than males.

Developed Countries

In developed countries/United States, blepharitis more than 25 million people.