From: Systematic review of the incidence and prevalence of genital warts
Study | Country / Year | Setting, population and age groups | Annual incidence per 100,000 | Definitions | ||
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 |  |  | New | Recurrent | Any (including new and recurrent) |  |
Data based on retrospective administrative databases or medical chart reviews | ||||||
Pirotta et al., 2010 [27] | Australia / 2000-06 | Setting: nationally representative random sample of approximately 6,460 practicing GPs and sexual health clinics | NA | NA | Overall: 219 Males: 206 Females: 231 | Any: GW cases never managed by any doctor or a first medical consultation for a new episode of a recurrent problem as determined by GP at consultation |
Population: general population | Â | |||||
Age: all ages | Â | |||||
Steben et al., 2011 [31] | Canada (Quebec) / 2007 (data for most recent year) | Setting: provincial, public healthcare system | Males: 103 Females: 98 | NA | NA | New: GW cases preceded by a 12-month, disease-free period of GW care |
Population: population covered by the public drug plan (41% of total population) | Â | |||||
Age: all ages | Â | |||||
Marra et al., 2009 [32] | Canada (British Columbia) / 1998-2006 | Setting: physicians, hospitals and STI clinics (province-wide) | Overall: 126 Males: 131 Females: 121 | NA | NA | New: GW cases preceded by a 12-month, disease-free period of GW care |
Denominator: general population | Â | |||||
Age: all ages | Â | Â | Â | |||
Kliewer et al., 2009 [33] | Canada (Manitoba) / 2004 | Setting: physician offices and hospitals (province-wide) | Males: 154 Females: 120 | NA | NA | New: GW cases preceded by a 12-month, disease-free period of GW care |
Population: general population | Â | |||||
Age: all ages | Â | |||||
Kraut et al., 2010 [34] | Germany / 2005-06 | Setting: physician offices and hospitals | Overall: 170 Males: 148 Females: 191 | NA | NA | New: GW cases preceded by a 12-month, disease-free period of GW care |
Population: a sample of the German population with statutory health insurance covering all geographical regions (N = 14 million)†|  | |||||
Age: 10–79 years |  | |||||
Vittori et al., 2008 [28] | Italy / 2005 | Setting: random sample of 78 gynecologists stratified by geographic region | Females: 430 | Females: 110 (early); 60 (late) | NA | New: patients without previous history of GWs. Early recurrent: patients who had a GW episode within the previous 12 months |
Population: female population visiting gynecologists | Late recurrent: patients who had a GW episode more than 12 months prior to study episode | |||||
Age: 14–64 years |  | |||||
van den Broek et al., 2010 [39] | Netherlands / 2006 | Setting: GPs (representative national sample) and all Dutch STI centers | NA | NA | Males: 94* Females: 137* | Any: patients with symptoms of GWs |
Population: general population | Â | |||||
Age: all ages | Â | |||||
Castellsague et al., 2009 [29] | Spain / 2005 | Setting: representative sample of dermatologists, gynecologists and urologists in the public healthcare setting from 6 autonomous regions | Overall: 118 Males: 137 Females: 100 | Overall: 43 Males: 47 Females: 39 | Overall: 160 Males: 184 Females: 137 | New: patients without any prior GW diagnosis |
Population: general population (68% of total Spanish population) | Â | Â | Â | Recurrent: patients who had a previous GW episode | ||
Age: 14–64 years |  |  |  | |||
Cassell et al., 2006 [40] | UK / 1998-2000 | Setting: representative sample of GPs and GUM clinics | NA | NA | Males: 308 Females: 236 | Any: all patients diagnosed with GWs |
Population: general population | Â | |||||
Age: all ages | Â | |||||
Desai et al., 2011 [38] | UK (England) / 2006-2009 | Setting: representative sample of GPs and all GUM clinics | Overall: 157 Males: 168 Females: 142 | Overall: 133 Males: 163 Females: 103 | Overall: 289 Males: 331 Females: 245 | New: patients diagnosed with GWs for the first time during study period |
Population: general population | Â | Â | Â | Recurrent: episode occurring more than 8 weeks after last attendance | ||
Age: all ages | Â | Â | Â | |||
Hoy et al., 2009 [35] | USA / 2004 | Setting: physicians, hospitals, ERs reimbursed by 5 geographically dispersed private health plans | Overall: 120 Males: 110 Females: 120 | NA | NA | New: individuals not having a medical or pharmacy claim associated with GWs in the previous 12 months to the index medical claim |
Population: privately-insured population (N = 3.8 million) |  | |||||
Age: all ages | Â | |||||
Insinga et al., 2003 [2] | USA / 2000 | Setting: physicians, hospitals, ERs reimbursed by private health plans | NA | NA | Overall: 170 Males: 167 Females: 165 | Any: all patients diagnosed with GWs |
Population: privately-insured population (N = 3.7 million) |  | |||||
Age: all ages | Â | |||||
Koshiol et al., 2004 [36] | USA / 2001 | Setting: physicians, hospitals, ERs reimbursed by approximately 30 private health plans (national) | Overall: 205 | NA | NA | New: no GW-related claims during the initial 12 months of continuous enrollment |
Population: privately-insured population (N = 5.9 million) | ||||||
Age: 15–59 years | ||||||
Data based on prospectively collected physician reports | ||||||
Lin et al., 2010 [30] | China (Hong Kong) / 2009 | Setting: sample of 170 physicians operating in private clinics (GPs, obstetricians/gynecologists and dermatologists/venereologists) and all 5 local social hygiene clinics | Overall: 204 Males: 292 Females: 125 | NA | NA | New: cases with no past symptoms or clinical diagnosis of GWs |
Population: general population | Â | |||||
Age: ≥18 yrs |  | |||||
Monsonego et al., 2007 [43] | France / 2005 | Setting: nationwide random sample of 212 gynecologists | Females: 176 | Females: 48 | Females: 229 | NA |
Population: general female population | ||||||
Age: 15–65 years | ||||||
Hillemanns et al., 2008 [37] | Germany / 2005 | Setting: representative sample of 129 gynecologists | Females: 114 (age 14–65); 76 (all ages) | Females: 35 (age 14–65); 23 (all ages) | Females: 149 (age 14–65); 99 (all ages) | New: patients diagnosed with GWs at the time of the visit |
Population: general female population | Recurrent: patients with previous episodes of GWs that had resolved | |||||
Age: 14–65 years and all ages | Resistant: patients with previous episodes of GWs that had not resolved with treatment | |||||
Pasciullo et al., 2011 [41] | Italy / 2009 | Setting: geographically representative sample of 650 GPs | NA | NA | Overall: 8 Males: 10 Females: 4 | Any: all patients diagnosed with GWs |
Population: population listed with the above GPs (N = 959,778) |  | |||||
Age: ≥15 years |  | |||||
Data based on genital examinations of samples from the general population | ||||||
Anic et al., 2011 [8] | Multinational (USA, Mexico, Brazil) / 2005-2009 | Setting: prospective study investigating the natural history of HPV infection in men (HPV in Men study) | Males: 235 | NA | NA | NA |
Population: males with no previous history of GW participating in the above study (N = 2,487) | ||||||
Age: 18–70 years | ||||||
Sasagawa et al., 2011 [42] | Japan / 2009 | Setting: 63 private clinics in 5 districts | NA | NA | Females: 251 | NA |
 |  | Population: women attending Pap screening in above private clinics (N = 60,414) |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Age: 10–59 years |  |  |  |  |