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* The [[incidence]] of amyloidosis is approximately 1.2 per 100,000 individuals per year worldwide.<ref name="pmid116772762">{{cite journal |vauthors=Khan MF, Falk RH |title=Amyloidosis |journal=Postgrad Med J |volume=77 |issue=913 |pages=686–93 |date=November 2001 |pmid=11677276 |pmc=1742163 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* The [[incidence]] of amyloidosis is approximately 1.2 per 100,000 individuals per year worldwide.<ref name="pmid116772762">{{cite journal |vauthors=Khan MF, Falk RH |title=Amyloidosis |journal=Postgrad Med J |volume=77 |issue=913 |pages=686–93 |date=November 2001 |pmid=11677276 |pmc=1742163 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* The actual incidence of wild-type (senile) amyloidosis in particular is unknown.
* The actual [[incidence]] of wild-type (senile) amyloidosis in particular is unknown.


=== Prevalence ===
=== Prevalence ===
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=== Race ===
=== Race ===


* There is no racial predilection to
* There is no racial predilection to wild-type (senile) amyloidosis.
 
=== Gender ===
 
* Men are traditionally more affected by wild-type (senile) amyloidosis than women.


==References==
==References==

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Overview

Epidemiology and Demographics

Incidence

  • The incidence of amyloidosis is approximately 1.2 per 100,000 individuals per year worldwide.[1]
  • The actual incidence of wild-type (senile) amyloidosis in particular is unknown.

Prevalence

  • The prevalence of wild-type (senile) amyloidosis has not been determined.

Mortality rate

  • The mortality rate of systemic amyloidosis is approximately 100 per 100,000 deaths in developed countries.[2]

Age

  • Patients with wild-type (senile) amyloidosis are almost always elderly (65 years of age or older).

Race

  • There is no racial predilection to wild-type (senile) amyloidosis.

Gender

  • Men are traditionally more affected by wild-type (senile) amyloidosis than women.

References

  1. Khan MF, Falk RH (November 2001). "Amyloidosis". Postgrad Med J. 77 (913): 686–93. PMC 1742163. PMID 11677276.
  2. Pepys MB (2006). "Amyloidosis". Annu. Rev. Med. 57: 223–41. doi:10.1146/annurev.med.57.121304.131243. PMID 16409147.