How common is Meniere's disease?
Every year, about 100,000 people in the United States get Meniere's disease.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 start when you're younger.2 3
Sources for the information on this page:
- National Library of Medicine. Medline Plus: Meniere's disease. Available at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000702.htm (accessed on 10 May 2007).
- Moffat DA, Ballagh RH. Meniere's disease. In: Kerr AG, Booth JB (editors). Scott-Brown's otolaryngology. 6th edition. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK; 1997.
- 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.
This information was last updated in Nov 30, 2007
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