Table 2.

Patients with a main diagnosis of systemic sclerosis by gender and age group in the period 2012 and 2016.

Age group (years)	Male		Female
	Patients	Prevalence a	Patients	Prevalence a
0–4	56	0.3	50	2.4
5–9	44	2.0	46	2.2
10–14	49	2.2	75	3.6
15–19	101	4.5	199	9.3
20–24	94	4.3	263	12.7
25–29	121	6.2	337	17.5
30–34	158	9.3	501	28.2
35–39	179	11.8	628	38.9
40–44	258	18.6	833	55.5
45–49	295	21.6	1169	78.0
50–54	293	23.6	1371	100.3
55–59	303	30.0	1342	119.2
60–64	277	35.3	1168	132.9
65–69	259	44.4	895	134.1
70–74	167	40.8	626	127.7
75–79	128	43.8	410	108.0
80 or above	112	40.4	267	68.0
Total	2645	11.2	8655	35.9

^aCalculated with the average population of the period as denominator per 100,000 population.