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Hydrocephalus epidemiology and demographics
Introduction
Epidemiology and Demographics
Epidemiology and Demographics
- The incidence, prevelance and case-fatality rates of hydrocephalus are given below:[1][2][3]
- The incidence of hydrocephalus is approximately 68 per 100,000 individuals in U.S and Canada.
- The prevalence of hydrocephalus is estimated to be 0.82/1000 cases annually.
- The incidence of hydrocephalus is approximately 68 per 100,000 individuals with a case-fatality rate of 5% in U.S and Canada.
- The case-fatality rate of hydrocephalus is approximately 5%.
- Age:
- Hydrocephalus commonly affects pre-term individuals.
- Race:
- Hydrocephalus usually affects individuals of the Latin American and African race. The individuals in U.S and Canada are less likely to develop hydrocephalus.
- Sex:
- Hydrocephalus affects men and women equally.
- The majority of hydrocephalus cases are reported in Africa and Latin America.
- Hydrocephalus is a rare disease that tends to affect Latin American and African.
References
References
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|title=(help) - ↑ Christensen JH, Hansen LK, Garne E (January 2003). “[Congenital hydrocephalus–prevalence and prognosis. Mortality and morbidity in a population-based study]”. Ugeskr. Laeg. (in Danish). 165 (5): 466–9. PMID 12599846.
- ↑ Persson EK, Hagberg G, Uvebrant P (June 2005). “Hydrocephalus prevalence and outcome in a population-based cohort of children born in 1989-1998”. Acta Paediatr. 94 (6): 726–32. doi:10.1080/08035250510027336. PMID 16188776.
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