TABLE 1.

PERCENTAGE OF UNITED STATES DECEDENTS WITH SARCOIDOSIS STRATIFIED ON AGE

	Total United States Decedents			Decedents with Sarcoidosis			%
Age in Years	Female	Male	Total	Female	Male	Total	Female	Male	Total
<14	38,4215	509,260	89,3475	7	7	14	0.0016	0.0016	0.0016
15–24	17,2408	507,700	680,108	49	74	123	0.0284	0.0146	0.0181
25–34	28,4785	704,166	988,951	570	639	1,209	0.2002	0.0907	0.1223
35–44	608,447	117,0428	1,778,875	2,101	1,774	3,875	0.3453	0.1516	0.2178
45–54	1,122,151	1,889,669	3,011,820	3,282	2,122	5,404	0.2925	0.1123	0.1794
55–64	1,997,909	3,038,099	5,036,008	3,211	1,739	4,950	0.1607	0.0572	0.0983
65–74	3,888,161	5,106,897	8,995,058	2,911	1,389	4,300	0.0749	0.0273	0.0480
75–84	6,728,086	6,442,435	13,170,521	2,108	908	3,016	0.0313	0.0141	0.0229
85+	7,950,410	3,936,634	1,188,7044	617	171	788	0.0078	0.0043	0.0066
Totals	23,138,683	2,331,1806	46,450,489	14,856	8,823	23,679	0.0642	0.0379	0.0510