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Adenoiditis epidemiology and demographics

Introduction

Overview

Overview

The prevalence of adenoiditis is not completely known. In 2015, the prevalence and incidence of adenoiditis was estimated to be 12000 cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide.[1] The prevalence of adenoiditis decreases with age. Adenoid tissue go through atrophy process after 10 years of age so adeoiditis is rarely seen after 15 .[2]

Epidemiology and Demographics

Epidemiology and Demographics

Prevalence

  • The prevalence of adenoiditis is not completely known.
  • In 2015, the prevalence of adenoiditis was estimated to be 12000 cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide.[1]

Incidence

  • The prevalence of adenoiditis is not completely known.
  • In 2015, the incidence of adenoiditis was estimated to be 12000 cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide.

Case Fatality Rate

  • The case fatality rate of tonsillitis is unknown.

Age

  • Adenoiditis commonly affects children.
  • The prevalence of adenoiditis decreases with age.
  • Adenoid tissue undergo atrophy after 10 years of age so adenoiditis is rarely seen after 15.
  • Adenoiditis can be seen in adults too, although it is rare in this patient population. However due to improved diagnostic modalities, adenoiditis is usually treated or removed during childhood.

Gender

  • Adenoiditis does not show predilection for any gender.

Race

  • Adenoiditis does not show predilection for any race.

Developed and Developing Countries

  • There is no geographic predisposition to tonsillitis.
References

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. ↑ Pagella F, De Amici M, Pusateri A, Tinelli G, Matti E, Benazzo M, Licari A, Nigrisoli S, Quaglini S, Ciprandi G, Marseglia GL (2015). “Adenoids and clinical symptoms: Epidemiology of a cohort of 795 pediatric patients”. Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. 79 (12): 2137–41. doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.09.035. PMID 26478108.

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mahshid Mir, M.D. [2]