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It is estimated that the prevalence of aggressive periodontitis among US schoolchildren is around 0.4% for 13- to 15-year-olds and 0.8% for 16- to 19-year-olds.²⁴ Löe and Brown²⁵ in 1991 as well as Albandar et al²⁴ in 1997 found that the prevalence of aggressive periodontitis is highest among African Americans (2.64% and 2.6%), followed by Hispanic Americans (1.08% and 0.5%), whereas White Americans had the lowest prevalence (0.17% and 0.06%). In most populations, the prevalence of aggressive periodontitis is similar in males and females.²⁶