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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2016 Jun 1;61(10):2928–2934. doi: 10.1007/s10620-016-4204-4

Table 2.

Prevalence of EoE in the Explorys Database between July 2010 to July 2015:

Group Source
Population		 EoE cases,
n (%)		 Prevalence
(per 100,000)
Overall 30,301,440 7840 (100) 25.9 [95% CI:
25.3–26.5]
Male 13,536,470 4850 (61.9) 35.8 [95% CI:
34.8–36.8]
Female 16,764,970 2990 (38.1) 17.8 [95% CI:
17.2–18.4]
Children
(<18yrs.)		 4,967,040 1250 (15.9) 25.1 [95% CI:
23.8–26.4]
Adults (18–
65yrs.)		 19,437,830 5840 (74.5) 30.0 [95% CI:
29.2–30.8]
Elderly
(>65yrs.)		 5,850,430 750 (9.6) 12.8 [95% CI:
11.9–13.7]
Caucasian 19,065,180 7000 (89.3) 36.7 [95% CI:
35.9–37.5]
African
American		 3,447,610 480 (6.1) 13.9 [95% CI:
12.7–15.1]
Asian 1,561,330 440 (5.6) 28.2 [95% CI:
25.6–30.8]