Table 1.

Number of PHN cases and proportion (%) of HZ cases developing PHN by age and sex for both PHN definitions.

	PHN1 cases (%)		PHN3 cases (%)
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Age
50–59	938	1974	608	1409
	(11.7)	(15.1)	(7.6)	(10.8)
60–69	1741	3462	1155	2503
	(16.5)	(22.2)	(11)	(16.1)
70–79	2153	4265	1461	3119
	(23.5)	(28.9)	(15.9)	(21.1)
≥ 80	1250	3318	904	2499
	(24.9)	(30.3)	(18)	(22.8)