Review Article
The Epidemiology and Demographics of Legg-Calvé-Perthes' Disease
Table 1
Incidence of Legg-Calvé-Perthes’ disease*.
| Study | Year | City, country | Region | Ethnicity | No Pts | Incid |
| Joseph et al. [5] | 1988 | Vellore, India | Asia | Indo-Med (Indian) | 4 | 0.4 | Purry [6] | 1982 | Eastern Cape, South Africa | Africa | Black | 6 | 0.45 | Kim et al. [7] | 2006 | Japan | Asia | Indo-Malay (Japanese) | 711 | 0.9 | Purry [6] | 1982 | Eastern Cape, South Africa | Africa | Mixed | 11 | 1.73 | Ebong [8] | 1977 | Nigeria | Africa | Black | 10 | 1.8 | Rowe et al. [9] | 2005 | Chonnam, Korea | Asia | Indo-Malay (Korean) | 84 | 3.8 | Joseph et al. [5] | 1988 | Udupi, India | Asia | Indo-Med (Indian) | 138 | 4.4 | Wijesekera [10] | 1984 | Kurunegala, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) | Asia | Indo-Med (Indian) | 76 | 3.96 | Thompson and Leong [11] | 1978 | Hong Kong | Asia | Indo-Malay (Chinese) | 32 | 4.5 | Gray et al. [12] | 1972 | British Columbia, Canada | North America | White | 379 | 5.1 | Barker et al. [13] | 1978 | Wessex, England | British Isles | White | 34 | 5.5 | Molloy and MacMahon [14] | 1966 | Massachusetts | North America | White† | 86 | 5.7 | Hall and Barker [15] | 1989 | Yorkshire, England | British Isles | White | 101 | 6.1 | Barker et al. [13] | 1978 | Trent, England | British Isles | White | 78 | 7.6 | Moberg and Rehnberg [16] | 1964 | Zealand, Denmark | Scandinavia | White | NA | 8.0 | Moberg and Rehnberg [16] | 1992 | Uppsala, Sweden | Scandinavia | White | 51 | 8.5 | Moberg and Rehnberg [16] | 1964 | Jutland, Denmark | Scandinavia | White | NA | 9.0 | Wiig et al. [17] | 2006 | Norway | Scandinavia | White | 425 | 9.2 | Purry [6] | 1982 | Easter Cape, South Africa | Africa | White | 38 | 10.8 | Margetts et al. [18] | 2001 | Liverpool, England | British Isles | White | 122 | 11.1 | Barker et al. [13] | 1978 | Mersey, England | British Isles | White | 68 | 11.1 | Kealey et al. [19] | 2000 | Northern Ireland | British Isles | White | 313 | 11.6 | Pillai et al. [20] | 2005 | Dumfries, Scotland | British Isles | White | 40 | 15.4 | Hall et al. [21] | 1983 | Liverpool, England | British Isles | White | 157 | 15.6 | Niclasen [22] | 1974 | Faroe Islands, Denmark | Scandinavia | White | 43 | 29.0 |
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*(per 100,000 children <15 yrs old). †one of the 86 children was African. NA: not available.
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