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Published in final edited form as: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2010 Jul 26;82(1):98–104. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.199208

Table 1.

Frequency of Type 2 benign paroxysmal positioning vertigo (BPPV) among other diagnoses in an unselected group of vertigo/dizziness patients

Diagnosis	Frequency (%)	Mean (±SD) age	Males: females
BPPV
Type 1 BPPV (right: 23; left: 16)	19.5	62±14	12:27
Type 2 BPPV (right: 49; left: 37)	43	64±15	36:50
Other subjective BPPV	0
Chronic vestibular insufficiency	5	71±17	4:6
Vestibular migraine	8.5	48±14	4:13
Ménière’s disease	15.5	61±12	12:19
Other (phobic vertigo, central neurological disorders, vestibular schwannoma)	8.5