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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: M. Khurram Afzal, MD [2]

Overview

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 femoral hernia is estimated to be 2% - 8% of all groin hernias.^[1]^[2]

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].

The incidence of femoral hernia increases with age; the peak age at diagnosis is 50 years.^[3]
Femoral hernia commonly affects individuals older than 40 years of age.^[3]

Females are more commonly affected by femoral hernia than men. The female to male ratio is approximately 5 to 1.^[4]^[5]^[3]

↑ Waddington RT (1971). "Femoral hernia: a recent appraisal". Br J Surg. 58 (12): 920–2. PMID 5130200.
↑ Maingot R (1968). "The choice of operation for femoral hernia, with special reference to McVay's technique". Br J Clin Pract. 22 (8): 323–9. PMID 5710920.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Hachisuka T (2003). "Femoral hernia repair". Surg. Clin. North Am. 83 (5): 1189–205. doi:10.1016/S0039-6109(03)00120-8. PMID 14533910.
↑ Koch A, Edwards A, Haapaniemi S, Nordin P, Kald A (2005). "Prospective evaluation of 6895 groin hernia repairs in women". Br J Surg. 92 (12): 1553–8. doi:10.1002/bjs.5156. PMID 16187268.
↑ Fitzgibbons RJ, Forse RA (2015). "Clinical practice. Groin hernias in adults". N. Engl. J. Med. 372 (8): 756–63. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp1404068. PMID 25693015.