Incidence and Prevalence of Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis among Children in Atlanta and Seattle

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 107 - 109
• Main Authors: Armstrong, L. R., Preston, E. J. D., Reichert, M., Phillips, D. L., Nisenbaum, R., Todd, N. W., Jacobs, I. N., Inglis, A. F., Manning, S. C., Reeves, W. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL The University of Chicago Press 01.07.2000; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Adolescent; Biological and medical sciences; Censuses; Child; Child health services; Child, Preschool; Children; Clinical Articles; Communicable disease control; Female; Georgia - epidemiology; Human viral diseases; Humans; Incidence; Infectious diseases; Laryngeal Neoplasms - epidemiology; Male; Medical sciences; Otolaryngology; Papilloma; Papilloma - epidemiology; Papillomaviridae; Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology; Pediatrics; Physicians; Population estimates; Prevalence; Preventive medicine; Recurrence; Tumor Virus Infections - epidemiology; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases; Washington - epidemiology; United States; North America; America; Washington; Georgia; Human; Infection; Papillomatosis; Relapse; Prevalence; Respiratory disease; Viral disease; Benign neoplasm; Respiratory system; Child; Statistical study; Incidence
• ISSN: 1058-4838; 1537-6591
• DOI: 10.1086/313914

The incidence and prevalence of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) for children aged <18 years were estimated in 2 US cities, Atlanta and Seattle, in 1996. All otolaryngologists in a 24-county area in metropolitan Atlanta (101 physicians) and an 8-county area in metropolitan Seattle (139 physicians) agreed to participate in the study. Medical record chart abstraction was performed only for children with documented current residence in the study area (21 patients in Atlanta and 14 patients in Seattle). The incidence rate for juvenile RRP was 1.11/100,000 population in Atlanta and 0.36/100,000 in Seattle. The prevalence rate was 2.59/100,000 population in Atlanta and 1.69/100,000 in Seattle. In neither city did prevalences differ significantly when stratified by sex or race. Extrapolation of these estimates to the US population suggests that 80-1500 incident cases and 700-3000 prevalent cases of juvenile RRP will occur in the United States during 1999.