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. 2023 Oct 17;13:17612. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-44661-y

Table 2.

Surgical rates per 100,000 population in Thuringia depending on patient’s age and number of tonsillitis episodes.

Age cohort (years) 2011 2015 2019
All Men Women All Men Women All Men Women
1–4 37.40 54.72 19.18 15.56 19.53 11.39 10.95 19.23 2.25
5–9 109.59 105.68 113.70 58.82 56.14 61.65 16.15 25.21 6.63
10–14 69.32 45.88 93.96 24.71 16.06 33.80 19.29 11.00 28.13
15–19 126.72 70.07 186.57 106.19 56.69 160.39 35.42 19.74 52.46
20–24 92.36 62.41 125.47 77.14 49.84 107.17 61.59 35.64 91.06
25–29 57.08 29.81 89.09 75.79 38.50 118.74 44.32 43.87 44.83
30–34 48.73 38.10 61.04 55.08 49.88 61.11 25.92 19.62 32.97
35–39 32.54 23.99 42.41 29.36 32.13 26.21 17.73 15.31 20.47
40–44 16.22 15.02 17.51 18.34 17.97 18.77 8.43 7.95 8.97
45–49 6.94 4.21 9.76 6.28 8.54 3.88 1.49 1.41 1.58
50–54 2.72 0 5.49 10.07 4.20 16.05 3.65 2.39 4.96
55–59 5.05 4.50 5.59 2.25 1.13 3.37 1.07 0 2.15
60–64 2.13 0 4.17 1.75 1.19 2.30 1.17 1.19 1.16
65–69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
70–74 0.64 1.41 0 0.76 0 1.39 0 0 0
Total 28.56 22.39 34.52 23.57 18.43 28.59 11.60 10.11 13.06
Episodes**
 < 3 episodes 6.08 4.92 7.19 4.85 4.58 5.12 1.78 1.70 1.85
 3–5 episodes 18.46 13.94 22.84 15.57 11.69 19.37 5.66 4.82 6.48
 ≥ 6 episodes 4.02 3.53 4.50 3.14 2.15 4.11 4.16 3.59 4.72

*Highest values per year and gender are shaded in bold.

**Last 12 months.