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I need information on the disease frequency distribution among age groups for an Android app I'm building... Hopefully I've come to the right place. Is there a good data source for this? Like a bioinformatics database?

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    related http://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/2009/downloadable-worldwide-database-of-disease-statistics?rq=1 and http://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/2016/human-disease-and-associated-phenotype-database?rq=1 –  Aug 02 '13 at 07:31
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    I'd say this is also a bit vague in its current format, could you expand on what sort of information you are looking for. – rg255 Aug 02 '13 at 08:34
  • As the title says, I'm looking for the frequency distribution among age groups...Something like what percentage of type II diabetes patients are among age 40-50. And it's not just the distribution of one specific disease, but all kinds of diseases. – StephenChen Aug 02 '13 at 18:22

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You may need to study each disease individually or do a literature review. The Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man website may be a good starting point http://www.omim.org/ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists several diseases with a variety of different statistics here: http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/

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  • I've been to the CDC site. I guess I can use the statistics there, but what makes it less ideal is that ages <18 are not included. I am currently working on other stuff, so please feel free to improve your answer in the next few days :) I'll accept your answer if no other better ones pop up. – StephenChen Aug 18 '13 at 19:44