TY - JOUR
T1 - Incidence of spontaneous pneumothorax in Olmsted county, Minnesota
T2 - 1950 to 1974
AU - Melton, L. J.
AU - Hepper, N. G.G.
AU - Offord, K. P.
PY - 1979
Y1 - 1979
N2 - Between 1950 and 1974, 318 cases of initial pneumothorax were diagnosed among the residents of Olmsted County, Minn. Seventy-five cases were due to trauma, and 102 were iatrogenic. One hundred forty-one cases were spontaneous in onset, of which 77 were primary and 64 secondary to a specific underlying pulmonary disease. The age-adjusted incidence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax was 7.4/100,000/yr for males and 1.2/100,000/yr for females. For secondary spontaneous pneumothorax, the incidence was 6.3 and 2.0/100,000/yr for males and females, respectively. The ratio of male-to-female incidence was 6.2:1 for primary and 3.2:1 for secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. The differences between the incidence rates for primary and secondary pneumothorax by sex or in total were not significantly different.
AB - Between 1950 and 1974, 318 cases of initial pneumothorax were diagnosed among the residents of Olmsted County, Minn. Seventy-five cases were due to trauma, and 102 were iatrogenic. One hundred forty-one cases were spontaneous in onset, of which 77 were primary and 64 secondary to a specific underlying pulmonary disease. The age-adjusted incidence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax was 7.4/100,000/yr for males and 1.2/100,000/yr for females. For secondary spontaneous pneumothorax, the incidence was 6.3 and 2.0/100,000/yr for males and females, respectively. The ratio of male-to-female incidence was 6.2:1 for primary and 3.2:1 for secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. The differences between the incidence rates for primary and secondary pneumothorax by sex or in total were not significantly different.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 517861
AN - SCOPUS:0018686894
SN - 0003-0805
VL - 120
SP - 1379
EP - 1382
JO - American Review of Respiratory Disease
JF - American Review of Respiratory Disease
IS - 6
ER -