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. 2021 Oct 1;185(4):838–839. doi: 10.1111/bjd.20495

Table 1.

A global projection (hypothesized) of acute flares of symptoms in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria and angio‐oedema (CSU/A) based on 1% point prevalence. Population data are based on United Nations estimates for individuals aged ≥ 18 years in 202010

Projected number of patients with CSU/A Absolute number of patients experiencing postvaccine flares of CSU/A symptoms based on a hypothesized incidence of
0·5% 1% 5% 10%
By World Bank income group
High‐income countries 10 107 600 50 538 101 076 505 380 1 010 760
Middle‐income countries 40 248 360 201 242 402 484 2 012 418 4 024 836
Low‐income countries 4 034 480 20 172 40 345 201 724 403 448
By continent
Africa 7 144 420 35 722 71 444 357 221 714 442
Asia 33 372 970 166 865 333 730 1 668 649 3 337 297
Europe 6 047 020 30 235 60 470 302 351 604 702
Latin America and the Caribbean 4 657 010 23 285 46 570 232 851 465 701
Northern America 2 882 310 14 412 28 823 144 116 288 231
Oceania 307 540 1538 3075 15 377 30 754