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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The incidence of subdural hematoma is approximately 14.7 per 100,000 individuals in USA.[1]
Case Mortality rate
- The case mortality rate of traumatic subdural hematoma is approximately 14%.
Age
- Patients of all age groups may develop subdural hematoma.
- The incidence of subdural hematoma increases with age.
Race
- There is no racial predilection to subdural hematoma.
Gender
- Men are more commonly affected by chronic subdural hematoma than female.[2]
References
- ↑ Kalanithi P, Schubert RD, Lad SP, Harris OA, Boakye M (November 2011). "Hospital costs, incidence, and inhospital mortality rates of traumatic subdural hematoma in the United States". J. Neurosurg. 115 (5): 1013–8. doi:10.3171/2011.6.JNS101989. PMID 21819196.
- ↑ Kanat A, Kayaci S, Yazar U, Kazdal H, Terzi Y (September 2010). "Chronic subdural hematoma in adults: why does it occur more often in males than females? Influence of patient's sexual gender on occurrence". J Neurosurg Sci. 54 (3): 99–103. PMID 21423076.