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==Overview==
==Overview==
Vitiligo is a worldwide spread disease that affects around 1% of the total world populationBoth male and female are equally affected and a half of patients are diagnosed under the age of 20.
Vitiligo affects 1,000/100,000 (1%) of patients worldwideMales and females are equally affected. Half of patients are diagnosed before the age of 20.


==Epidemiology==
==Epidemiology==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]

Overview

Vitiligo affects 1,000/100,000 (1%) of patients worldwide. Males and females are equally affected. Half of patients are diagnosed before the age of 20.

Epidemiology

Prevalence

  • The prevalence of vitiligo is about 1% of the total worldwide population.
  • The prevalence varies among geographical areas and age groups, from 0.1% up to more than 2%.[1]
  • A higher prevalence has been found in countries like India, Romania, Uzbekistan and China.[2]

Age

  • 50% of patients with vitiligo are diagnosed before the age of 20. [3]

Gender

  • While the majority of reports state that both sexes are equally affected,[4] some studies report a higher incidence in young women.[5]
  • Females are diagnosed earlier than men.

Race

  • There is no difference between races, but in dark skin patients it is more noticed and has a higher psychological impact.

References

  1. Christian Kruger & Karin Uta Schallreuter (2012). "A review of the worldwide prevalence of vitiligo in children/adolescents and adults". International journal of dermatology. 51 (10): 1206–1212. doi:10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05377.x. PMID 22458952. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  2. Christian Kruger & Karin Uta Schallreuter (2012). "A review of the worldwide prevalence of vitiligo in children/adolescents and adults". International journal of dermatology. 51 (10): 1206–1212. doi:10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05377.x. PMID 22458952. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. Virendra N. Sehgal & Govind Srivastava (2007). "Vitiligo: compendium of clinico-epidemiological features". Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology. 73 (3): 149–156. PMID 17558045. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  4. Virendra N. Sehgal & Govind Srivastava (2007). "Vitiligo: compendium of clinico-epidemiological features". Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology. 73 (3): 149–156. PMID 17558045. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. Kyriakos P. Kyriakis, Ioulios Palamaras, Efrosyni Tsele, Charalambos Michailides & Sofia Terzoudi (2009). "Case detection rates of vitiligo by gender and age". International journal of dermatology. 48 (3): 328–329. doi:10.1111/j.1365-4632.2009.03770.x. PMID 19261030. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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