Prevalence Statistics for Types of Chronic digestive diseases
Prevalence Statistics for Types of Chronic digestive diseases
The information below shows a list of types of Chronic digestive diseases,
with information as to the prevalence of each of these types.
Estimates of the people affected are calculated based on the available statistic.
| Disease | Prevalence Estimate | US people estimate | Statistic Used for Calculation |
| Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
approx 1 in 500 or 0.20% or 544,000 people in USA |
544,000 |
1 in 500 (NIAID); 300,000 people to 500,000 people NIDDK
|
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
approx 1 in 54 or 1.84% or 5 million people in USA |
4,999,999 |
5 million in the USA 1987 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, US Government Printing Office, 1994);
11 per 1000 (NHIS95)
|
| Crohn's disease |
approx 1 in 544 or 0.18% or 500,000 people in USA |
499,999 |
500,000 Americans
|
| Celiac disease |
approx 1 in 249 or 0.40% or 1.1 million people in USA |
1,088,000 |
1 in 250 Americans estimated rate; actual diagnosis rate is 1 in 4,700 Americans; 1 in 250 in Italy; 1 in 300 in Ireland; 20,000 diagnosed (Reader's Digest Feb 2004)
|
| Ulcerative colitis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Stomach ulcers |
approx 1 in 54 or 1.84% or 5 million people in USA |
4,999,999 |
5 million in the USA 1987 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, 1994)
|
| Diabetic gastroparesis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Diabetic diarrhea |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Gallstones |
approx 1 in 17 or 5.88% or 16 million people in USA |
15,999,999 |
16 to 22 million people in the USA 1976-87 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, US Government Printing Office, NIDDK, 1994)
|
| Cystic fibrosis |
approx 1 in 31,000 or 0.00% or 8,774 people in USA |
8,774 |
1 per 31,000 Asian American newborns suffer from cystic fibrosis in the US, genetics Home Reference website
|
| Stomach cancer |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Intestine cancer |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pancreatic cancer |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Rapid gastric emptying |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
Types of Chronic digestive diseases
For more information about types of Chronic digestive diseases,
refer to our section on types of Chronic digestive diseases.
About prevalence:
The medical term 'prevalence' of Chronic digestive diseases usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Chronic digestive diseases at any given time,
whereas the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Chronic digestive diseases is called the 'incidence'.
For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
