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Figure 20: Abscess tonsillectomy (OPS code: 5-281.1); stratified based on the patients’ ages (2005–2013)

The graphs indicate the prevalence (y-axis) between 2005 and 2013 (x-axis), stratified by age groups (x-axis). It can be noticed that most interventions were performed in adolescents and young adults (15 to 25 years of age) and a decreasing number of cases within the evaluation period in this age group. The prevalence increases abruptly after the age of 15 and is continually decreasing after the age of 25. The prevalence differs significantly to the prevalence of the diagnosis “chronic diseases of the palatal and pharyngeal tonsil”.