Table 1

Age specific rates (ASR) and absolute frequency of immunoproliferative small intestinal disease in males and females in different age groups in the Fars province, Iran, from 1974 to 1999

Age group (y)	Total	ASR	Males	ASR	Females	ASR
Age specific rate per 100 000 population in each age group.
0–4	2	0.02	1	0.02	1	0.02
5–9	6	0.05	6	0.1	0	0
10–14	5	0.05	4	0.08	1	0.02
15–19	14	0.17	9	0.21	5	0.12
20–24	35	0.54	14	0.43	21	0.64
25–29	35	0.59	17	0.62	18	0.56
30–34	11	0.25	7	0.31	4	0.18
35–39	16	0.43	11	0.58	5	0.27
40–44	11	0.38	8	0.54	3	0.21
45–49	10	0.42	7	0.57	3	0.26
50–54	7	0.32	7	0.61	0	0
55–59	5	0.28	3	0.31	2	0.25
60–64	2	0.12	2	0.22	0	0
>65	2	0.13	2	0.25	0	0
Total	161	0.21	98	0.25	63	0.170