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Diseases » Indigestion » Stats

Statistics about Indigestion

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Prevalence and incidence statistics for Indigestion:

See also prevalence and incidence page for Indigestion

Prevalance of Indigestion: 35 per 1000 - NHIS95 (frequent indigestion)

Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 28 or 3.50% or 9.5 million people in USA [about data]

Incidence (annual) of Indigestion: 6 million cases annually

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 45 or 2.21% or 6 million people in USA [about data]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Indigestion: 6,000,000 per year, 499,999 per month, 115,384 per week, 16,438 per day, 684 per hour, 11 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 6 million cases annually

Society statistics for Indigestion

Hospitalization statistics for Indigestion:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Indigestion:

0.25% (31,282) of hospital consultant episodes were for dyspepsia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
98% of hospital consultant episodes for dyspepsia required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
42% of hospital consultant episodes for dyspepsia were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
58% of hospital consultant episodes for dyspepsia were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
6% of hospital consultant episodes for dyspepsia required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for dyspepsia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for dyspepsia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
53 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for dyspepsia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
62% of hospital consultant episodes for dyspepsia occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
10% of hospital consultant episodes for dyspepsia occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
91% of hospital consultant episodes for dyspepsia were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.012% (6,483) of hospital bed days were for dyspepsia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

This page presents a variety of statistics about Indigestion. The term 'prevalence' of Indigestion usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Indigestion at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Indigestion refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Indigestion diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.