title: [Epidemiology of dizziness and vertigo].
abstract: Dizziness and vertigo rank among the most common symptoms in medical practice and belong to the 10 most common reasons for a neurological examination. Epidemiological data on dizziness, vertigo and underlying specific disorders of vestibular origin are useful for clinical decision making, may contribute to a better understanding of disease mechanisms and help evaluate the state of patient care. This article gives an overview on the epidemiology of dizziness/vertigo and of four specific vestibular disorders: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, vestibular migraine, vestibular neuritis and Menière's disease.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsberichterstattung, Robert Koch-Institut, General-Pape-Strasse 62-66, 12101 Berlin. neuhauserh@rki.de
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Neuhauser
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D004244:Dizziness / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D014717:Vertigo / Q000453:epidemiology*