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Overview

The incidence of tonsillitis is not completely known; research indicates that 15-30% of sore throats in children and 5-10% sore throats in adults are bacterial tonsillitis.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The prevalence of tonsillitis is not completely known.
- Research on Norwegian twins indicates a prevalence of approximately 11,700 per 100,000 individuals.^[4]
- A study on primary school children in Turkey indicated a prevalence of approximately 12,100 per 100,000 individuals.^[5]

Acute tonsillitis from S. pyogenes primarily affects children between 5 and 15 years old.^[6]

Research on tonsillitis patients evidences that it is more common in females than males.^[4]^[7]

↑ Komaroff AL, Pass TM, Aronson MD, Ervin CT, Cretin S, Winickoff RN, Branch WT (1986). "The prediction of streptococcal pharyngitis in adults". J Gen Intern Med. 1 (1): 1–7. PMID 3534166.
↑ Kaplan EL, Top FH, Dudding BA, Wannamaker LW (1971). "Diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis: differentiation of active infection from the carrier state in the symptomatic child". J. Infect. Dis. 123 (5): 490–501. PMID 5115179.
↑ Schroeder BM (2003). "Diagnosis and management of group A streptococcal pharyngitis". Am Fam Physician. 67 (4): 880, 883–4. PMID 12613739.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Kvestad, Ellen; Kværner, Kari Jorunn; Røysamb, Espen; Tambs, Kristian; Harris, Jennifer Ruth; Magnus, Per (2005). "Heritability of Recurrent Tonsillitis". Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. 131 (5): 383. doi:10.1001/archotol.131.5.383. ISSN 0886-4470.
↑ Kara CO, Ergin H, Koçak G, Kiliç I, Yurdakul M (2002). "Prevalence of tonsillar hypertrophy and associated oropharyngeal symptoms in primary school children in Denizli, Turkey". Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 66 (2): 175–9. PMID 12393253.
↑ Sharav, Yair; Benoliel, Rafael (2008). Orofacial Pain and Headache. Elsevier. ISBN 0723434123.
↑ Thorp MA, Isaacs S, Sellars SL (2000). "Tonsillectomy and tonsillitis in Cape Town--age and sex of patients". S Afr J Surg. 38 (3): 62–4. PMID 11392200.