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==Overview==
==Overview==
==Epidemiology and Demographics==
==Epidemiology ==
===Incidence===
===Prevalence===
==Demographics==
'''Age'''
*The frequency of different causative agents causing bacterial meningitis varies with different age groups
*There is increased incidence of bacterial meningitis with increasing age
*In USA, the incidence rate is 0.66 cases per 100, 000 in age groups from 18 to 34 years compared to 1.92 cases per 100, 000 in age group >65 years of age.<ref name="pmid21612470">{{cite journal| author=Thigpen MC, Whitney CG, Messonnier NE, Zell ER, Lynfield R, Hadler JL et al.| title=Bacterial meningitis in the United States, 1998-2007. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2011 | volume= 364 | issue= 21 | pages= 2016-25 | pmid=21612470 | doi=10.1056/NEJMoa1005384 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21612470  }} </ref>
*The case fatality rate in USA in age group 18-34 years of age is 16.4 percent compared to 22.7 percent in individuals >65 years of age
'''Race'''<br>
'''Gender'''<br>
'''Geographical distribution'''


==References==
==References==

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Overview

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Incidence

Prevalence

Demographics

Age

  • The frequency of different causative agents causing bacterial meningitis varies with different age groups
  • There is increased incidence of bacterial meningitis with increasing age
  • In USA, the incidence rate is 0.66 cases per 100, 000 in age groups from 18 to 34 years compared to 1.92 cases per 100, 000 in age group >65 years of age.[1]
  • The case fatality rate in USA in age group 18-34 years of age is 16.4 percent compared to 22.7 percent in individuals >65 years of age

Race
Gender
Geographical distribution

References

  1. Thigpen MC, Whitney CG, Messonnier NE, Zell ER, Lynfield R, Hadler JL; et al. (2011). "Bacterial meningitis in the United States, 1998-2007". N Engl J Med. 364 (21): 2016–25. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1005384. PMID 21612470.


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