Inflammatory bowel disease
• Ambulatory care visits: 1.9 million (2009)
Crohn’s disease
• Prevalence: 359,000 people (1998)
• Ambulatory care visits: 1.1 million (2004)
• Hospitalizations: 187,000 (2010)
• Prescriptions: 1.8 million (2004)
• Mortality: 611 deaths (2010)
Ulcerative colitis
• Prevalence: 619,000 people (1998)
• Ambulatory care visits: 716,000 (2004)
• Hospitalizations: 107,000 (2010)
• Prescriptions: 2.1 million (2004)
• Mortality: 305 deaths (2010)
Irritable bowel syndrome
• Prevalence: 15.3 million people (1998)
• Ambulatory care visits: 1.6 million (2009)
• Hospitalizations: 280,000 (2010)
• Prescriptions: 5.9 million
• Mortality: 21 deaths (2010)
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