The epidemiology of appendicitis and appendectomy in the United States.

@article{Addiss1990TheEO,
  title={The epidemiology of appendicitis and appendectomy in the United States.},
  author={D G Addiss and N Shaffer and B S Fowler and Robert V. Tauxe},
  journal={American journal of epidemiology},
  year={1990},
  volume={132 5},
  pages={
          910-25
        }
}
To describe the epidemiology of appendicitis and appendectomy in the United States, the authors analyzed National Hospital Discharge Survey data for the years 1979-1984. Approximately 250,000 cases of appendicitis occurred annually in the United States during this period, accounting for an estimated 1 million hospital days per year. The highest incidence of primary positive appendectomy (appendicitis) was found in persons aged 10-19 years (23.3 per 10,000 population per year); males had higher… 
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