Epidemiological profile of Dupuytren’s disease in Taiwan (Ethnic Chinese): a nationwide population-based study

Table 1 Incidence and prevalence of Dupuytren’s disease in Taiwan by gender

	Total population × 10⁶		New cases		Total cases		Incidence rate per 10⁵/year		Prevalence per 10⁵		M/F ratio of incidence
Year	M/F	Total	M/F	Total	M/F	Total	M/F	Total	M/F	Total
2000	11.4/10.9	22.3			67/36	103			0.59/0.33	0.46	1.78
2001	11.4/11.0	22.4	54/15	69	121/51	172	0.47/0.14	0.31	1.06/0.46	0.77	3.47
2002	11.5/11.0	22.5	57/25	82	178/76	254	0.50/0.23	0.36	1.55/0.69	1.13	2.18
2003	11.5/11.1	22.6	47/29	76	229/105	329	0.41/0.26	0.34	1.95/0.95	1.46	1.56
2004	11.5/11.1	22.7	45/35	80	269/140	409	0.39/0.32	0.35	2.34/1.26	1.86	1.24
2005	11.6/11.2	22.8	48/31	79	314/171	485	0.41/0.28	0.35	2.71/1.53	2.13	1.49
2006	11.6/11.3	22.9	49/27	76	363/198	561	0.42/0.24	0.33	3.13/1.75	2.45	1.77
2007	11.6/11.3	23.0	61/23	84	423/220	643	0.53/0.20	0.37	3.65/1.95	2.80	2.58
2008	11.6/11.4	23.0	56/44	100	475/263	738	0.48/0.39	0.43	4.09/2.31	3.21	1.25
2009	11.6/11.5	23.1	73/39	112	545/300	845	0.63/0.34	0.48	4.70/2.61	3.66	1.86
2010	11.6/11.5	23.2	67/42	109	607/342	949	0.58/0.37	0.47	5.23/2.97	4.09	1.58
2011	11.6/11.6	23.2	57/51	108	655/393	1048	0.49/0.44	0.47	5.65/3.39	4.52	1.12
Total new cases			614/361	975
Total identified cases:			681/397	1078							1.72
(new cases from 2001–2011 + extant cases in year 2000)

M/F, male/female.
The data of total population are from the Directorate General of the Budget, Accounting, and Statistics, Executive Yuan, Taiwan. (http://www.moi.gov.tw/stat/english/year.asp).
Trend analysis 2001–2011: for incidence rate p = 0.0199 and for prevalence rate p = 0.0186 (Mantel-Haenszel extension of the χ² test).

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