Table 3. Prevalence in Allergic Rhinitis Patients Depending on Western Medicine and Korean Medicine(2010 vs. 2016) (Unit: person)

Classification 2010 2016
*WM **KM *WM **KM
N Prevalence(per100,000) N Prevalence(per100,000) N Prevalence(per100,000) N Prevalence(per100,000)
Total 168,673 12,907 2,909 3,187 206,695 15,007 3,628 4,027
Treatment Type Inpatient 140 725 2 406 150 577
Outpatient 168,533 13,089 2,907 3,202 206,545 15,284 3,628 4,073
Gender Male 76,274 12,007 1,543 3,601 95,891 14,211 1,976 4,783
Female 92,399 13,757 1,366 2,820 110,804 15,770 1,652 3,387
Age Mean(SE) 30.60(0.05) 21.77(0.35) 31.67(0.05) 20.55(0.32)
Median(IQR) 29.04(10.33-46.29) 13.17(6.23-34.40) 30.62(8.66-49.43) 11.16(4.75-.33.48)
0-4 years 19,689 25,343 407 43,068 29,946 39,101 752 76,347
5-9 years 17,893 24,028 654 46,649 23,049 34,455 845 73,542
10-19 years 27,668 15,518 670 10,086 26,820 17,775 679 13,583
20-29 years 18,984 10,834 281 2,294 19,843 11,311 289 2,823
30-39 years 25,897 12,487 324 1,773 28,219 14,227 349 2,352
40-49 years 22,242 10,235 262 1,214 26,176 11,637 307 1,644
50-59 years 17,208 9,940 166 1,087 23,162 10,478 233 1,297
60-69 years 11,077 9,979 89 1,039 16,402 11,764 103 936
70-79 years 6,587 9,628 46 907 9,934 11,561 59 772
80-89 years 1,356 6,270 10 844 2,939 8,749 10 417
90-99 years 71 3,097 203 4,810 2 1,047
≥100 years 1 4,714 2 4,467 0
City Seoul 33,557 11,614 692 3,201 39,285 13,220 754 3,770
Busan 11,556 12,408 216 3,208 12,723 13,430 267 4,293
Incheon 9,404 13,889 107 2,566 12,368 16,853 161 3,592
Daegu 8,339 12,244 174 3,363 9,843 13,981 201 4,111
Gwangju 4,926 12,036 116 4,179 6,078 13,963 97 3,238
Daejeon 5,855 14,132 118 3,681 6,896 15,569 176 5,260
Ulsan 4,131 14,011 60 3,128 5,144 16,237 101 5,164
Gyeonghi 40,491 14,082 726 3,823 53,344 16,743 931 4,785
Gangwon 4,107 10,644 37 1,410 5,454 13,774 72 2,818
Chungbuk 4,438 11,307 90 2,968 5,511 13,453 91 3,002
Chungnam 6,723 12,978 70 1,940 9,750 16,929 131 3,191
Jeonbuk 5,975 12,257 103 3,214 7,160 14,572 134 3,983
Jeonnam 6,160 13,119 68 2,351 6,378 13,881 51 1,808
Gyeongbuk 8,148 12,370 139 2,858 9,307 14,123 129 2,776
Gyeongnam 12,404 14,821 164 2,990 14,417 16,430 294 5,657
Jeju 2,459 16,728 29 2,927 3,037 18,225 38 3,726
Missing
WM : Western Medicine
KM : Korean Medicine