TY - JOUR
T1 - A nationwide population-based study on the incidence of parapharyngeal and retropharyngeal abscess-a 10-year study
AU - Yang, Tzong Hann
AU - Xirasagar, Sudha
AU - Cheng, Yen Fu
AU - Wu, Chuan Song
AU - Kao, Yi Wei
AU - Lin, Herng Ching
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This study was supported by grants from Taipei Veterans General Hospital (V108C-145).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/2/1
Y1 - 2021/2/1
N2 - This study aimed to investigate the annual incidence of parapharyngeal and retropharyngeal abscess (PRPA) based on 10-year population-based data. Patients with PRPA were identified from the Taiwan Health Insurance Research Database, a database of all medical claims of a randomly selected, population-representative sample of over two million enrollees of the National Health Insurance system that covers over 99% of Taiwan’s citizens. During 2007-2016, 5779 patients received a diagnosis of PRPA. We calculated the population-wide incidence rates of PRPA by sex and age group (20-44, 45-64, and >64) as well as in-hospital mortality. The annual incidence rate of PRPA was 2.64 per 100,000 people. The gender-specific incidence rates per 100,000 people were 3.34 for males and 1.94 for females with a male:female gender ratio of 1.72. A slight increase in incidence rates among both genders over the study period was noted. Age-specific rates were lowest in the 20-44 age group with a mean annual incidence of 2.00 per 100,000 people, and the highest rates were noted in the age groups of 45-64 and >64 years with mean annual incidences of 3.21 and 3.20, respectively. We found that PRPA is common in Taiwan, males and older individuals are more susceptible to it, and incidence has increased in recent years.
AB - This study aimed to investigate the annual incidence of parapharyngeal and retropharyngeal abscess (PRPA) based on 10-year population-based data. Patients with PRPA were identified from the Taiwan Health Insurance Research Database, a database of all medical claims of a randomly selected, population-representative sample of over two million enrollees of the National Health Insurance system that covers over 99% of Taiwan’s citizens. During 2007-2016, 5779 patients received a diagnosis of PRPA. We calculated the population-wide incidence rates of PRPA by sex and age group (20-44, 45-64, and >64) as well as in-hospital mortality. The annual incidence rate of PRPA was 2.64 per 100,000 people. The gender-specific incidence rates per 100,000 people were 3.34 for males and 1.94 for females with a male:female gender ratio of 1.72. A slight increase in incidence rates among both genders over the study period was noted. Age-specific rates were lowest in the 20-44 age group with a mean annual incidence of 2.00 per 100,000 people, and the highest rates were noted in the age groups of 45-64 and >64 years with mean annual incidences of 3.21 and 3.20, respectively. We found that PRPA is common in Taiwan, males and older individuals are more susceptible to it, and incidence has increased in recent years.
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Incidence
KW - Parapharyngeal abscess
KW - Retropharyngeal abscess
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18031049
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18031049
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099963491
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 18
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
JF - International journal of environmental research and public health
IS - 3
M1 - 1049
ER -