2007-01-16 12:56:10 · 5 answers · asked by Discover 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Sorry to say all age groups can get chicken pox. The older groups could die from it. I know of someone over 30 who died from chicken pox. May she rest in peace. Try to get it while you are young it will not affect you so badly.
2007-01-16 13:01:26 · answer #1 · answered by Baby Doll 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Before the development of the chicken pox vaccine, approximately four million children in the United States contracted the disease each year. Chicken pox can strike at any age, but about 80 to 90 percent of children in the U.S. have had it by age ten. Adults account for less than five percent of all cases, because almost every case of chicken pox provides lifelong immunity to the disease. Adults are much more likely than children to suffer dangerous complications and account for more than half of all chicken pox deaths.
2007-01-16 21:04:03 · answer #2 · answered by Londa 66 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got my chicken pox when I was 7 years old. The "experts" it is better to get the chicken pox before you hit your teen & adult years.
2007-01-16 21:07:15 · answer #3 · answered by sunny4life 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally the same groups of people that get most other diseases: the young (newborn to around 10), and the old (60+), because their immune systems are weaker.
2007-01-16 21:04:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually at a young age because when exposed they pass it on to others in the classroom.
2007-01-16 21:01:34 · answer #5 · answered by NONAME 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋