Prevalence and Incidence of Rectal prolapse
Rectal prolapse Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Prevalence/Incidence of Rectal prolapse: Online Medical Books
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Hemorrhoids:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Hemorrhoids probably result from increased venous pressure in the hemorrhoidal plexus. Predisposing factors include occupations that require prolonged standing or sitting; straining due to constipation, diarrhea, coughing, sneezing, or vomiting; heart failure; hepatic disease, such as cirrhosis, amebic abscesses, or hepatitis; alcoholism; anorectal infections; loss of muscle tone due to old age, rectal surgery, or episiotomy; anal intercourse; and pregnancy.
Hemorrhoids are more common in whites, in persons of higher socioeconomic classes, and in persons who live in rural areas. However, actual incidence figures are unknown because many patients with hemorrhoids self-medicate.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Rectal prolapse:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Rectal prolapse usually occurs in children younger than age 6 and in adults in their 40s and 70s. It’s commonly associated with other conditions, such as pinworms (enterobiasis), whipworm infection (trichuriasis), cystic fibrosis, malnutrition and malabsorption (such as celiac disease), constipation, and previous trauma to the anus or pelvic area.
True incidence figures are unavailable because many cases go unreported. Females are affected more often than males, accounting for 80% to 90% of reported cases.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Rectal Prolapse:
Rectal Prolapse - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Most cases occur in children <4 years of age, equal incidence in boys and girls.
- Common in developing countries, perhaps because of poor nutrition and parasitic infection; uncommon in the Western world
- It usually presents between 6 months and 3 years of age in patients with cystic fibrosis. Incidence is 20%. Presentation in such children >5 years of age is rare. Highest incidence is in the 1st year of life.
- In older children and adults, strong (6-fold) female predilection
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Rectal prolapse usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Rectal prolapse at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Rectal prolapse refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Rectal prolapse 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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