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Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia epidemiology and demographics
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia is approximately accounts to 5 to 10% of the chronic infiltrative lung disease in the United States. The incidence of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia is approximately 1.1 per 100,000 individuals in iceland and 6-7 cases per 100,000 individuals in Canada. Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia commonly affects people of 50-60 years of age and rarely affects children. It affects men and women equally.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The incidence of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia is approximately 1.1 per 100,000 individuals in iceland.[1]
- The incidence of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia is estimated to be 6-7 cases per 100,000 individuals in Canada.[2]
- Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia is approximately accounts to 5 to 10% of the chronic infiltrative lung disease in the United States.
Age
- Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia commonly affects people of 50-60 years of age.
- Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia rarely affects children.
Race
- There is no racial predilection to cryptogenic organizing pneumonia.
Gender
- Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia affects men and women equally.
References
References
- ↑ Gudmundsson G, Sveinsson O, Isaksson HJ, Jonsson S, Frodadottir H, Aspelund T (September 2006). “Epidemiology of organising pneumonia in Iceland”. Thorax. 61 (9): 805–8. doi:10.1136/thx.2006.059469. PMC 2117106. PMID 16809413.
- ↑ Alasaly K, Muller N, Ostrow DN, Champion P, FitzGerald JM (July 1995). “Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia. A report of 25 cases and a review of the literature”. Medicine (Baltimore). 74 (4): 201–11. PMID 7623655.