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Prevalence Statistics for Types of Intestinal Conditions

Prevalence Statistics for Types of Intestinal Conditions

The information below shows a list of types of Intestinal Conditions, with information as to the prevalence of each of these types. Estimates of the people affected are calculated based on the available statistic.

Disease	Prevalence Estimate	US people estimate	Statistic Used for Calculation
Small intestine conditions	N/A	N/A	No information
Large intestine conditions	N/A	N/A	No information
Bowel conditions	N/A	N/A	No information
Amebic dysentery	N/A	N/A	No information
Ascariasis	N/A	N/A	rare
Celiac Disease	approx 1 in 249 or 0.40% or 1.1 million people in USA	1,088,000	1 in 250 Americans estimated rate; actual diagnosis rate is 1 in 4,700 Americans; 1 in 250 in Italy; 1 in 300 in Ireland; 20,000 diagnosed (Reader's Digest Feb 2004)
Chronic digestive diseases	N/A	N/A	No information
Crohn's disease	approx 1 in 544 or 0.18% or 500,000 people in USA	499,999	500,000 Americans
Diabetic Diarrhea	N/A	N/A	No information
Digestive Diseases	approx 1 in 4 or 22.06% or 60 million people in USA	59,999,997	60 to 70 million cases in the USA 1985 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447)
Dysentery	N/A	N/A	No information
Enteritis	N/A	N/A	No information
Inflammatory bowel disease	approx 1 in 500 or 0.20% or 544,000 people in USA	544,000	1 in 500 (NIAID); 300,000 people to 500,000 people NIDDK
Rapid gastric emptying	N/A	N/A	No information
Shigellosis	N/A	N/A	No information
Small Intestine Cancer	N/A	N/A	No information
Sudden Digestive Conditions	N/A	N/A	No information
Ulcerative colitis	N/A	N/A	No information
Viral dysentery	N/A	N/A	No information

Types of Intestinal Conditions

For more information about types of Intestinal Conditions, refer to our section on types of Intestinal Conditions.

About prevalence:

The medical term 'prevalence' of Intestinal Conditions usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Intestinal Conditions at any given time, whereas the annual diagnosis rate of new cases of Intestinal Conditions is called the 'incidence'. For more information on prevalence and incidence statistics, see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

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Prevalence Statistics for Types of Intestinal Conditions