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Overview
It now affects 10-20% of children and 1-3% of adults in industrialized countries, and its prevalence there has more than doubled in the past thirty years.[1]
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 prevalence of atopic dermatitis is approximately 5,000-20,000 cases per 100,000 children worldwide.[2]
- In 2003, the prevalence of atopic dermatitis was estimated to be 10700 cases per 100,000 children in United States.[3]
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 [disease name].
- The incidence of [disease name] increases with age; the median age at diagnosis is [#] years.
- [Disease name] commonly affects individuals younger than/older than [number of years] years of age.
- [Chronic disease name] is usually first diagnosed among [age group].
- [Acute disease name] commonly affects [age group].
Race
- Higher prevalence of atopic dermatitis was significantly associated with individuals of African-American race.[4][5]
Gender
- Atopic dermatitis affects men and women equally.
Region
- The majority of [disease name] cases are reported in [geographical region].
- Atopic dermatitis is a common disease that tends to affect metropolitan population as compared to the rural population.[4]
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
References
- ↑ Saito, Hirohisa. Much Atopy about the Skin: Genome-Wide Molecular Analysis of Atopic Eczema. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 2005;137:319-325.
- ↑ Williams H, Robertson C, Stewart A, Aït-Khaled N, Anabwani G, Anderson R, Asher I, Beasley R, Björkstén B, Burr M, Clayton T, Crane J, Ellwood P, Keil U, Lai C, Mallol J, Martinez F, Mitchell E, Montefort S, Pearce N, Shah J, Sibbald B, Strachan D, von Mutius E, Weiland SK (January 1999). "Worldwide variations in the prevalence of symptoms of atopic eczema in the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood". J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 103 (1 Pt 1): 125–38. PMID 9893196.
- ↑ Shaw TE, Currie GP, Koudelka CW, Simpson EL (January 2011). "Eczema prevalence in the United States: data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health". J. Invest. Dermatol. 131 (1): 67–73. doi:10.1038/jid.2010.251. PMC 3130508. PMID 20739951.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shaw TE, Currie GP, Koudelka CW, Simpson EL (January 2011). "Eczema prevalence in the United States: data from the 2003 National Survey of Children's Health". J. Invest. Dermatol. 131 (1): 67–73. doi:10.1038/jid.2010.251. PMC 3130508. PMID 20739951.
- ↑ Williams HC, Pembroke AC, Forsdyke H, Boodoo G, Hay RJ, Burney PG (February 1995). "London-born black Caribbean children are at increased risk of atopic dermatitis". J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 32 (2 Pt 1): 212–7. PMID 7829705.