Characteristics of molluscum contagiosum-associated outpatient visits and average annual outpatient visit rate among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 2001–2005*.

*Values reflect the outpatient visits associated with molluscum contagiosum (MC) over the five-year study period (average annual population 1,360,847) among American Indians and Alaska Natives using the IHS healthcare system. A total of 2545 patients had multiple MC-associated visits during this period.†The average annual rates of MC-associated outpaient visits for males and females in the general US population for 2001–2005 are 20.3/10,000 (95% C.I 13.0–27.6) and 17.8/10,000 (95% CI 10.9–24.7) persons, respectively.‡The average annual rate of MC-associated outpatient visits for 1–4 year olds in the general US population is 82.6/10,000 (95% C.I. 44.8–120.4). The low number of visits for other corresponding age groups precludes reliable population-based occurrence estimates.§see Figure 2 [map of US with different geographic regions highlighted].