Prognosis of Diverticular Disease
Prognosis of Diverticular Disease: Eating a high-fiber diet, getting plenty of fluid, and exercising regularly may help prevent diverticulosis. ...see also Overview of Diverticular Disease
Onset of Diverticular Disease: seen after 40 years
Deaths and Mortality Rates
Deaths from Diverticular Disease: 3,000 deaths (NIDDK, 1985)
Estimated mortality rate for Diverticular Disease from prevalence and deaths statistics:
- Deaths: 3,000 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data:
3,000 deaths (NIDDK, 1985))
- Incidence: 2,000,000 (USA prevalence calculated from this data:
2 million people in the USA 1983-87 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
- 0.15% (ratio of deaths to prevalence).
- See also Deaths and Diverticular Disease and Overview of Diverticular Disease.
Estimated mortality rate for Diverticular Disease from incidence and deaths statistics:
- Deaths: 3,000 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data:
3,000 deaths (NIDDK, 1985))
- Incidence: 300,000 (USA annual incidence calculated from this data:
300,000 new cases in the USA 1987 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
- 1.0% (ratio of deaths to incidence).
- See also Deaths and Diverticular Disease and Overview of Diverticular Disease.
Complications:
Complications of Diverticular Disease may include:
Complications of Diverticular Disease from the Diseases Database include:
Source: Diseases Database
See also complications of Diverticular Disease.
Diverticular Disease: Research More
About prognosis:
The 'prognosis' of Diverticular Disease usually refers to the likely outcome
of Diverticular Disease.
The prognosis of Diverticular Disease
may include the duration of Diverticular Disease, chances of complications of Diverticular Disease,
probable outcomes,
prospects for recovery, recovery period for Diverticular Disease, survival rates,
death rates,
and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Diverticular Disease.
Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.
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