Table 1.

Prevalence of BMS by sex in Taiwan.

Year	Total			Female			Male
	N	BMS	P	N	BMS	P	N	BMS	P
2004	22,689,122	7043	3.11	11,147,537	3820	3.43	11,541,585	3223	2.79
2005	22,770,383	6531	2.87	11,207,943	3600	3.21	11,562,440	2931	2.53
2006	22,876,527	6001	2.62	11,284,820	3273	2.90	11,591,707	2728	2.35
2007	22,958,360	6506	2.83	11,349,593	3618	3.19	11,608,767	2888	2.49
2008	23,037,031	6917	3.00	11,410,680	3942	3.45	11,626,351	2975	2.56
2009	23,119,772	6509	2.82	11,483,038	3843	3.35	11,636,734	2666	2.29
2010	23,162,123	6232	2.69	11,526,898	3697	3.21	11,635,225	2535	2.18
2011	23,224,912	6400	2.76	11,579,238	3920	3.39	11,645,674	2480	2.13
2012	23,315,822	6090	2.61	11,642,503	3708	3.18	11,673,319	2382	2.04
2013	23,373,517	5238	2.24	11,688,843	3243	2.77	11,684,674	1995	1.71

P: Prevalence rate per 10,000 population; N: number; BMS: burning mouth syndrome.