• Occurrence: 60 to 70 million people affected by digestive disease
• Mortality: 245,921 deaths (2009)
• Diagnostic and therapeutic inpatient procedures: 5.4 million (2007)
• Hospitalizations: 21.7 million (2010)
• Ambulatory care visits: 48.3 million (2010)
• Ambulatory surgical procedures: 20.4 million (2010)
• Direct medical costs: $97.8 billion (2004)
• Indirect costs: $44 billion (2004)
• Total cost: $141.8 billion (2004)
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