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Epidemiology of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome
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== Age == New cases of ME/CFS have been in children as young as eight and adults in their eighties. In terms of ''incidence'', a study in [[Norway]] found two age peaks, one between 10 and 19 years and a second peak between 30 and 39 years.<ref name="bakken2014">{{Cite journal | last = Bakken | first = Inger Johanne | authorlink = Inger Johanne Bakken | last2 = Tveito | first2 = Kari | authorlink2 = Kari Tveito | last3 = Gunnes | first3 = Nina | authorlink3 = Nina Gunnes | last4 = Ghaderi | first4 = Sara | authorlink4 = Sara Ghaderi | last5 = Stoltenberg | first5 = Camilla | authorlink5 = Camilla Stoltenberg | last6 = Trogstad | first6 = Lill | author-link6 = Lill Trogstad | last7 = Håberg | first7 = Siri Eldevik | author-link8 = Per Magnus | last8 = Magnus | first8 = Per | date = 2014-10-01 | title = Two age peaks in the incidence of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: a population-based registry study from Norway 2008-2012| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25274261|journal=BMC medicine|volume=12 | pages = 167|doi=10.1186/s12916-014-0167-5|issn=1741-7015|pmc=4189623|pmid=25274261|via=}}</ref> In terms of ''prevalence'', Jason found that individuals in the 40- to 49-year-old age range exhibited the highest prevalence rates of [[chronic fatigue syndrome]] (CFS).<ref name="Jason, 1999" />
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