and death can occur. One review stated that up to 81% of people having abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture will die directly as a consequence thereof, with 32% dying before ever reaching a hospital.

According to a review of global data through 2019, the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm worldwide was about 0.9% in people under age 79 years, and is about four times higher in men than in women at any age. Death occurs in about 55-64% of people having rupture of the AAA.

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