Statistics about Irritable bowel syndrome
Prevalence and incidence statistics for Irritable bowel syndrome:
See also prevalence and incidence page for Irritable bowel syndrome
Prevalance of Irritable bowel syndrome:
5 million in the USA 1987 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, US Government Printing Office, 1994);
11 per 1000 (NHIS95)
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 54 or 1.84% or 5 million people in USA [about data]
Lifetime risk for Irritable bowel syndrome:
about 30% of people
Prevalance of Irritable bowel syndrome:
5 million people (1987) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
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IBS is a common problem, affecting up to one in five people. (Source: excerpt from Irritable Bowel Syndrome: NWHIC)
Irritable bowel syndrome Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Society statistics for Irritable bowel syndrome
Hospitalizations for Irritable bowel syndrome: 34,000 in the USA 1987 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, US Government Printing Office, 1994)
Hospitalization statistics for Irritable bowel syndrome:
The following are statistics from various sources
about hospitalizations and Irritable bowel syndrome:
- 0.045% (5,798) of hospital consultant episodes were for irritable bowel syndrome in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 92% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 28% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 72% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 24% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 5.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for irritable bowel syndrome in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for irritable bowel syndrome in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 44 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for irritable bowel syndrome in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 80% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 5% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 66% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.016% (8,354) of hospital bed days were for irritable bowel syndrome in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Hospitalizations for Irritable bowel syndrome: 34,000 (1987) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Physician office visits for Irritable bowel syndrome: 3.55 million in the USA 1987 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, US Government Printing Office, 1994)
Physician office visits for Irritable bowel syndrome: 3.5 million (1987) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Prescriptions for Irritable bowel syndrome: 2.2 million in the USA 1985 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, US Government Printing Office, 1994)
Prescriptions for Irritable bowel syndrome: 2.2 million (1985) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
Disability from Irritable bowel syndrome: 400,000 in the USA 1983-87 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, US Government Printing Office, 1994)
Disability from Irritable bowel syndrome: 400,000 people (1983-87)
(Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
About statistics:
This page presents a variety of statistics about Irritable bowel syndrome.
The term 'prevalence' of Irritable bowel syndrome usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Irritable bowel syndrome at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Irritable bowel syndrome refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Irritable bowel syndrome 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.
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