The Economic Burden of Otitis Media in Korea, 2012: A Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Prevalence rate of otitis media by age and gender in 2012.

Age	Male			Female			Total
	Number of patients	%	Prevalence	Number of patients	%	Prevalence	Number of patients	%	Prevalence
0–9	559,308	64.9	23.2	508,340	54.9	22.5	1,067,648	59.7	22.9
10–19	79,274	9.2	2.3	67,147	7.3	2.2	146,421	8.2	2.3
20–29	20,951	2.4	0.6	37,511	4.1	1.2	58,462	3.3	0.9
30–39	37,085	4.3	0.9	66,041	7.1	1.6	103,126	5.8	1.3
40–49	45,872	5.3	1.0	63,432	6.9	1.5	109,304	6.1	1.2
50–59	48,841	5.7	1.2	74,714	8.1	1.9	123,555	6.9	1.6
60–69	37,855	4.4	1.8	53,940	5.8	2.4	91,795	5.1	2.1
70–79	26,568	3.1	2.1	41,977	4.5	2.4	68,545	3.8	2.3
80+	6,036	0.7	1.9	13,411	1.5	1.7	19,447	1.1	1.8
Total	861,790	100.0	3.4	926,513	100.0	3.6	1,788,303	100.0	3.5