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Table 1 Annual incidence of neuropathic pain conditions per 10,000 by age and sex

From: An observational descriptive study of the epidemiology and treatment of neuropathic pain in a UK general population

  

Female

Male

  

Incidence (95%CI)

Incidence (95%CI)

Post-herpetic neuralgia

All ages

4.3 (4.2-4.4)

2.6 (2.5-2.7)

 

0 - 14

0.1 (0.1-0.2)

0.1 (0.0-0.1)

 

15 - 29

0.6 (0.4-0.7)

0.2 (0.2-0.3)

 

30 - 44

1.0 (0.8-1.1)

0.5 (0.4-0.6)

 

45 - 59

3.0 (2.8-3.3)

1.9 (1.7-2.1)

 

60 - 74

9.2 (8.7-9.7)

6.6 (6.2-7.1)

 

≥75

16.6 (15.8-17.5)

13.6 (12.7-14.6)

Phantom limb pain

All ages

0.1 (0.0-0.1)

0.2 (0.1-0.2)

 

0 - 14

0

0

 

15 - 29

<0.1 (0.0-0.1)

<0.1 (0.0-0.1)

 

30 - 44

<0.1 (0.0-0.1)

0.1 (0.1-0.2)

 

45 - 59

0.1 (0.0-0.1)

0.1 (0.1-0.2)

 

60 - 74

0.1 (0.1-0.2)

0.4 (0.3-0.5)

 

≥75

0.1 (0.1-0.2)

0.7 (0.5-0.9)

Painful diabetic neuropathy cohort

All ages

2.9 (2.8-3.0)

3.3 (3.2-3.4)

 

0 - 14

0

<0.1 (0.0-0.1)

 

15 - 29

0.2 (0.1-0.3)

0.1 (0.0-0.1)

 

30 - 44

0.8 (0.7-1.0)

0.9 (0.8-1.0)

 

45 - 59

3.0 (2.8-3.3)

3.7 (3.4-4.0)

 

60 - 74

7.0 (6.6-7.5)

9.2 (8.7-9.7)

 

≥75

8.3 (7.7-8.9)

10.8 (10.0-11.7)