Table 3.

Prevalence of polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis in Olmsted County, Minnesota, by age and sex^*

Age, years	Prevalence of polymyalgia rheumatica†			Prevalence of giant cell arteritis‡
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
50–54	22	21	21	0	0	0
55–59	124	102	113	0	45	23
60–64	294	328	313	37	77	58
65–69	530	659	601	92	210	156
70–74	1,015	1,401	1,238	214	460	353
75–79	1,555	2,267	1,982	298	836	617
80–84	2,239	3,055	2,737	468	1,196	913
85–89	2,685	3,425	3,127	637	1,500	1,178
≥90	4,239	4,213	4,070	1,240	2,025	1,721
Overall	532	925	739	100	344	228

^*Values are cumulative incidence rates per 100,000 persons in each age/sex group through 1999.

^†Data collected 1970–1999 (16).

^‡Data collected 1950–1999 (17).