Experts aren't sure exactly how many people have Meniere's disease in the United States, but some studies estimate that about 615,000 people have the disease.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
Meniere's disease.
September 2008. Available at http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/balance/meniere.asp (accessed on 9 March 2009).

 

 

 

 

 

¹ That's about 1 in every 2,000 people.

Meniere's disease usually begins between the ages of 40 and 60. But it can also start when you're younger.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
Moffat DA, Ballagh RH.
Meniere's disease.
In: Kerr AG, Booth JB (editors). Scott-Brown's otolaryngology. 6th edition. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK; 1997.

 

 

 

 

 

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Source:
Watanabe I.
Incidence of Meniere's disease, including some other epidemiological data.
In: Oosterveld WJ (editor). Meniere's disease: a comprehensive appraisal. Wiley, Chichester, UK; 1983.

 

 

 

 

 

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