What is Gastritis?
What is Gastritis?
- Gastritis: Inflammation of the stomach lining.
- Gastritis: inflammation of the lining of the stomach; nausea and loss of appetite and discomfort after eating.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Gastritis: Introduction
Types of Gastritis:
Types of Gastritis:
Broader types of Gastritis:
How many people get Gastritis?
Prevalance of Gastritis: 2.7 million people in the USA 1988 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Prevalance Rate of Gastritis: approx 1 in 100 or 0.99% or 2.7 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of Gastritis: 313,000 new cases in the USA 1975 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Incidence Rate of Gastritis: approx 1 in 869 or 0.12% or 313,000 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Gastritis:
Gastritis: 2.7 million people (1988) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Incidence of Gastritis: Gastritis: 313,000 new cases (1975) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
How serious is Gastritis?
Complications of Gastritis:
see complications of Gastritis
Deaths for Gastritis: 703 deaths in the USA 1980’s (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
What causes Gastritis?
Causes of Gastritis: see causes of Gastritis
Risk factors for Gastritis:
see
risk factors for Gastritis
What are the symptoms of Gastritis?
Symptoms of Gastritis:
see symptoms of Gastritis
Complications of Gastritis:
see complications of Gastritis
Gastritis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Gastritis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Gastritis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Gastritis:
see treatments for Gastritis
Prevention of Gastritis:
see prevention of Gastritis
Research for Gastritis:
see research for Gastritis
Society issues for Gastritis
Hospitalization statistics for Gastritis:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Gastritis:
- 0.65% (83,242) of hospital consultant episodes were for gastritis and duodenitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 85% of hospital consultant episodes for gastritis and duodenitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 49% of hospital consultant episodes for gastritis and duodenitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 51% of hospital consultant episodes for gastritis and duodenitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 17% of hospital consultant episodes for gastritis and duodenitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for gastritis and duodenitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for gastritis and duodenitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Hospitalizations for Gastritis: Gastritis: 600 (1980's) (Source: excerpt from
Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Physician office visits for Gastritis: 3 million in the USA 1980’s (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Physician office visits for Gastritis: 3 million (1980's) (Source: excerpt from
Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Prescriptions for Gastritis: 2 million in the USA 1985 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Prescriptions for Gastritis: 2 million (1985) (Source: excerpt from
Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Disability from Gastritis: 34,000 people in the USA 1983-87 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994)
Disability from Gastritis: 34,000 people (1983-87) (Source: excerpt from
Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Organs Affected by Gastritis:
Organs and body systems related to Gastritis include:
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