Inguinal Hernia Age Statistics
A direct inguinal hernia is less common 25 30 of inguinal hernias and usually occurs in men over 40 years of age.
Inguinal hernia age statistics. Inguinal 70 75 femoral 6 17 umbilical 3 8 5 followed by rarer forms 1 2. Anecdotally it has seemed over the past few years that midline abdominal wall hernia repairs dominate day. Inguinal hernia repair is a common surgical procedure. However in many cases the hernia is not detected for years because of its small size and may not be diagnosed until older childhood or adolescence.
Among children inguinal hernias are most common in those between the ages of 0 and 5 years. The lifetime risk of having an inguinal or femoral hernia repair has been estimated to 27 for men and 3 for women. Prevalence and incidence statistics for inguinal hernia. An inguinal hernia can affect people at any age but it most commonly occurs during infancy and early childhood.
1 2 8 but are these figures outdated. See also prevalence and incidence page for inguinal hernia. It doesn t improve on its own however and can lead to life threatening complications. Incidence annual of inguinal hernia.
Men have an 8 times higher incidence of inguinal hernia than women. 1 whereas elective groin hernia repair is considered a low risk procedure emergency procedures have been associated with appreciable mortality. 499 999 per year 41 666 per month 9 615 per week 1 369 per day 57 per hour 0 per minute. 53 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for inguinal hernia in england 2002 03 hospital episode statistics department of health england 2002 03 43 of hospital consultant episodes for inguinal hernia occurred in 15 59 year olds in england 2002 03 hospital episode statistics department of health england 2002 03.
Groin hernias account for almost 75 of all abdominal wall hernias with the lifetime risk of an inguinal hernia in men and women being 27 and 3 respectively. The most frequent hernia is the inguinal hernia 73 of cases. Inguinal hernia in northern asia extrapolated statistics mongolia. Groin hernia surgery is a common procedure.
Your doctor is likely to recommend surgery to fix an inguinal hernia that s painful or enlarging. Men account for nearly 90 of all repairs performed and have a bimodal incidence of inguinal hernias peaking at 1 year of age and again in those over the age of 40. In the swedish hernia register shr 2 each hernia operation is prospectively followed. An inguinal hernia isn t necessarily dangerous.
Four different types of hernias account for almost 100 of the hernias repaired by surgeons. 500 000 cases niddk incidence rate. 1 2 7 various authors all quote the following order of hernias in decreasing frequency. These hernia affect people of all age groups from infants to seniors.