Appendicitis epidemiology and demographics

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Incidence

In the Europe and America, the incidence of Appendicitis is about 100 per 100,000 patients per year.^[1]

Age

In the United States, the highest incidence of Appendicitis is found in the age group of 10-19, with an incidence of 233 per 100,000 patients per year recorded during 1979-1984.^[2]

Prevalence

Gender

Males have a 1.4 times increased presentation of appendicitis compared to women across all age groups.

Race

Appendicitis rates were 1.5 times higher in whites than in nonwhites.

References

↑ Ohmann C, Franke C, Kraemer M, Yang Q (2002). "[Status report on epidemiology of acute appendicitis]". Chirurg (in German). 73 (8): 769–76. PMID 12425152. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
↑ Addiss DG, Shaffer N, Fowler BS, Tauxe RV (1990). "The epidemiology of appendicitis and appendectomy in the United States". Am. J. Epidemiol. 132 (5): 910–25. PMID 2239906. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[1] Ohmann C, Franke C, Kraemer M, Yang Q (2002). "[Status report on epidemiology of acute appendicitis]". Chirurg (in German). 73 (8): 769–76. PMID 12425152. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[2] Addiss DG, Shaffer N, Fowler BS, Tauxe RV (1990). "The epidemiology of appendicitis and appendectomy in the United States". Am. J. Epidemiol. 132 (5): 910–25. PMID 2239906. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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