Table 3

Epidemiology of chronic throat symptoms

Chronic throat symptom	Prevalence (general populations)	Per cent of cases without organic disease cause
Cough	2–18%113	42%113
	10%155	37%155
	12.5%156
	8.2%157
	2.5%135
Dysphonia	7.6%158	42.5%47
	3–15%47	43.7%6
	6.6–7.5%6	60%159
	10%48	31%48
Globus sensation	45%110	86–90%
	12.5%114	92.6%160
	22%161
	26.48%129
Oropharyngeal dysphagia	40%162	51–21%163
	16.4%164	58%165
	22%166	3.2%167 (incidence of functional dysphagia in general population)
	13%168
	43.8%169
	20%170
Catarrh/mucus sensation	ND	ND
Repetitive throat clearing	ND	ND

ND, no data.