Incidence Statistics for Types of Chronic digestive diseases
The information below shows a list of types of Chronic digestive diseases,
with information as to the annual incidence of each of these types of Chronic digestive diseases.
Estimates of the people affected each year are calculated based on the available statistics.
Incidence Statistics for Types of Chronic digestive diseases
Disease | Incidence Estimate | US people estimate | Statistic Used for Calculation |
| Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Crohn's disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Celiac disease |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Ulcerative colitis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Stomach ulcers |
approx 1 in 73 or 1.36% or 3.7 million people in USA |
3,699,999 |
3.7 million annually
|
| Diabetic gastroparesis |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Diabetic diarrhea |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Gallstones |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Cystic fibrosis |
approx 1 in 108,800 or 0.00% or 2,500 people in USA |
2,500 |
2,500 babies annually USA; 1 in 3,000 Caucasian babies
|
| Stomach cancer |
approx 1 in 12,592 or 0.01% or 21,600 people in USA |
21,599 |
21,600 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate); about 24,000 annual cases in the United States (NCI)
|
| Intestine cancer |
N/A |
N/A |
No information
|
| Pancreatic cancer |
approx 1 in 8,976 or 0.01% or 30,300 people in USA |
30,299 |
30,300 annual cases (SEER 2002 estimate)
|
| 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 incidence:
The medical term 'incidence' of Chronic digestive diseases usually refers
to the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Chronic digestive diseases.
Prevalence is a different medical disease measure that refers
to the estimated population
of people who are managing Chronic digestive diseases at any given time (e.g. prevalence includes people who have had
a medical condition for a long time).
For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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