Table 3.

Incidence of gout among adult (age ≥ 18 years) Olmsted County, Minnesota residents in 1989–1992 and 2009–2010 based on the earliest date of 1977 American Rheumatism Association, Rome or New York criteria according to age and sex.

Time Period		Female		Male		Total
	Age Group	N	Rate*	N	Rate*	N	Rate*
1989–1992	18–29	1	2.4	12	31.0	13	16.2
	30–39	1	2.5	10	25.2	11	13.8
	40–49	4	14.1	22	80.1	26	46.5
	50–59	2	10.8	27	143.8	29	77.6
	60–69	9	63.7	20	159.7	29	108.9
	70–79	14	126.5	18	244.0	32	173.5
	80+	11	124.8	7	210.3	18	148.3
	Overall** (95% CI)	42	31.3 (21.7, 41.0)	116	104.9 (84.7, 125.1)	158	66.6 (55.9, 77.4)
2009–2010	18–29	2	8.6	11	54.9	13	31.0
	30–39	3	15.4	24	120.7	27	68.6
	40–49	5	24.7	22	110.7	27	67.3
	50–59	17	82.8	45	232.8	62	155.5
	60–69	15	117.3	44	385.5	59	243.8
	70–79	15	190.3	28	415.2	43	294.0
	80+	18	269.5	21	542.6	39	369.7
	Overall** (95% CI)	75	70.6 (54.5, 86.6)	196	210.2 (180.3, 240.2)	271	136.7 (120.4, 153.1)

^*Rates are reported per 100,000 population

^**Overall sex-specific rates are age-adjusted and total rates are age- and sex- adjusted to the US white 2010 population

N = number; CI=confidence interval