Ophanet, who are a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Pericarditis as a "rare disease".
More information about Pericarditis is available from Orphanet
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Prevalence/Incidence of Pericarditis: Online Medical Books
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Myocarditis:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Myocarditis may result from:
❑ bacterial infections — diphtheria; tuberculosis; typhoid fever; tetanus; and staphylococcal, pneumococcal, and gonococcal infections
❑ chemical poisons — such as chronic alcoholism
❑ helminthic infections — such as trichinosis
❑ hypersensitive immune reactions — acute rheumatic fever and postcardiotomy syndrome
❑ parasitic infections — especially South American trypanosomiasis (Chagas’ disease) in infants and immunosuppressed adults; also toxoplasmosis
❑ radiation therapy — large doses of radiation to the chest in treating lung or breast cancer
❑ viral infections (most common cause in the United States and western Europe) — coxsackievirus A and B strains and, possibly, poliomyelitis, influenza, rubeola, rubella, and adenoviruses and echoviruses.
Myocarditis occurs in 1 to 10 of every 100,000 people in the United States. The median age for this disorder is 42, and incidence is equal between males and females. Children, especially neonates, and persons who are immunocompromised or pregnant (especially pregnant black women) are at higher risk for developing this disorder.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Pericarditis:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Common causes of this disease include:
❑ bacterial, fungal, or viral infection (infectious pericarditis)
❑ neoplasms (primary or metastatic from lungs, breasts, or other organs)
❑ high-dose radiation to the chest
❑ uremia
❑ hypersensitivity or autoimmune disease, such as acute rheumatic fever (most common cause of pericarditis in children), systemic lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis
❑ postcardiac injury such as myocardial infarction (MI), which later causes an autoimmune reaction (Dressler’s syndrome) in the pericardium; trauma; or surgery that leaves the pericardium intact but causes blood to leak into the pericardial cavity
❑ drugs, such as hydralazine or procainamide
❑ idiopathic factors (most common in acute pericarditis).
Less common causes include aortic aneurysm with pericardial leakage, and myxedema with cholesterol deposits in the pericardium.
Pericarditis most commonly affects men ages 20 to 50, but it can also occur in children following infection with an adenovirus or coxsackievirus.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Pericarditis:
Pericarditis - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Infectious pericarditis is more frequently seen in children younger than 13 years, with predominance in children younger than 2 years.
- Postpericardiotomy syndrome occurs in ~5–10% of children following uncomplicated cardiac surgery, particularly when the atrium has been entered.
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Pericarditis usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Pericarditis at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Pericarditis refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Pericarditis diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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