Table 2.

Age and sex distribution of patients with urticaria in Korea

Type of urticaria	Total, %	Age group in years, %
		10–19	20–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–69	70–79	≥ 80
All-type urticaria (n = 2,060,971)
Total		11	11.7	15.6	19	19.4	12.5	8.49	2.25
Female	58	50	62	60	58	58	56	60	66
Male	42	50	38	40	42	42	44	40	34
Dermographism (n = 54,862)
Total		10	13.6	16.6	20.1	18.9	11.6	7.42	1.76
Female	58	50	59	59	61	59	57	60	63
Male	42	50	41	41	39	41	43	40	37
Cholinergic urticaria (n = 11,429)
Total		20.9	23.3	14.8	14.8	13.2	7.6	4.23	0.99
Female	40	22	26	43	54	57	56	58	65
Male	60	78	74	57	46	43	44	42	35
Cold/heat urticaria (n = 8,762)
Total		13.2	14.9	14.7	17.7	18.6	11.6	7.64	1.59
Female	55	46	53	58	59	59	53	54	58
Male	45	54	47	42	41	41	47	46	42
Angioedema (n = 12,669)
Total		12.6	16.2	19.2	19.9	17.8	8.86	4.33	1.1
Female	59	51	65	60	61	58	55	58	61
Male	41	49	35	40	39	42	45	42	39
Chronic or recurrent urticaria (n = 174,579)
Total		9.77	12.5	16	18.5	19.1	12.6	8.91	2.48
Female	57	50	62	58	57	57	55	59	65
Male	43	50	38	42	43	43	45	41	35