What is Digestive Diseases?
What is Digestive Diseases?
- Digestive Diseases: Diseases that affect the digestive system.
Digestive Diseases: Introduction
Types of Digestive Diseases:
Types of Digestive Diseases:
Broader types of Digestive Diseases:
How many people get Digestive Diseases?
Prevalance of Digestive Diseases: 60 to 70 million cases in the USA 1985 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447)
Prevalance Rate of Digestive Diseases: approx 1 in 4 or 22.06% or 60 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Digestive Diseases:
60 to 70 million
people affected by all digestive diseases
(1985) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
How serious is Digestive Diseases?
Deaths for Digestive Diseases: 191,000 deaths in the USA 1985 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, 1994)
What causes Digestive Diseases?
Causes of Digestive Diseases: see causes of Digestive Diseases
What are the symptoms of Digestive Diseases?
Symptoms of Digestive Diseases:
see symptoms of Digestive Diseases
Digestive Diseases: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Digestive Diseases.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Digestive Diseases.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Digestive Diseases:
see treatments for Digestive Diseases
Research for Digestive Diseases:
see research for Digestive Diseases
Society issues for Digestive Diseases
Costs of Digestive Diseases: $107 billion in the USA 1992 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, 1994)
Costs of Digestive Diseases: Costs:
$107 billion (1992)
$87 billion direct medical costs
$20 billion indirect costs (e.g., disability and mortality) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Cost statistics for Digestive Diseases:
The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Digestive Diseases:
- $87 billion direct medical costs in the USA 1992 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact - NIH Publication No. 94-1447, 1994)
- $20 billion indirect costs (eg disability and mortality) in the USA 1992 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact - NIH Publication No. 94-1447, 1994)
- Estimated $912,443,000 spent in public hospitals on digestive system in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- Estimated $701,583,000 spent in public hospitals on the digestive system in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
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Hospitalizations for Digestive Diseases: 10 million or 13% of all hospitalizations in the USA 1985 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, 1994)
Hospitalization statistics for Digestive Diseases:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Digestive Diseases:
- 124,060 patient days spent in private hospitals for digestive diseases in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 346,401 admissions to public hospitals because of digestive diseases in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 40,638 admissions to private hospitals because of digestive diseases in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 47.2% of hospitalisations for digestive diseases in public hospitals are single day in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
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Hospitalizations for Digestive Diseases: Hospitalizations: 10 million (13 percent
of all hospitalizations) (1985) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Physician office visits for Digestive Diseases: 50 million in the USA 1985 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, 1994)
Physician office visit statistics for Digestive Diseases:
The following are statistics from various sources
about physician office visits and Digestive Diseases:
- 31.6 million visits were made to a physician’s office for digestive disorders in the US 2001 (National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2001 Summary, NCHS, CDC)
- 3.0 million visits were made to hospital outpatient departments for digestive disorders in the US 2001 (National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2001 Summary, 2001, NCHS, CDC)
- 14.4 million visits were made to hospital emergency departments for digestive disorders in the US 2001 (National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2001 Summary, 2001, NCHS, CDC)
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Physician office visits for Digestive Diseases: Physician office visits: 50 million
(1985) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Disability from Digestive Diseases: 1.4 million people in the USA 1987 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, 1994)
Disability from Digestive Diseases: Disability: 1.4 million people
(1987) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Medical Procedures for Digestive Diseases: 10 million cases (14% of all procedures) in the USA 1985 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, 1994)
Organs Affected by Digestive Diseases:
Organs and body systems related to Digestive Diseases include:
Name and Aliases of Digestive Diseases
Main name of condition: Digestive Diseases
Other names or spellings for Digestive Diseases:
Digestive conditions
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