All digestive disease
• Deaths: 236,164
• Ambulatory care visits: 104.79 million
• Hospital discharges: 13.53 million
All digestive cancer
• Deaths: 135,107
• Ambulatory care visits: 4.2 million
• Hospital discharges:726,000
Colorectal cancer
• Deaths: 53,226
• Ambulatory care visits: 2.59 million
• Hospital discharges: 255,000
All viral hepatitis
• Deaths: 5,393
• Ambulatory care visits: 3.51 million
• Hospital discharges: 475,000
Gastrointestinal infections
• Deaths: 4,396
• Ambulatory care visits: 2.37 million
• Hospital discharges: 450,000
All inflammatory bowel disease
• Deaths: 933
• Ambulatory care visits: 1.89 million
• Hospital discharges: 221,000
All functional intestinal disorders
• Deaths: 423
• Ambulatory care visits: 11.65 million
• Hospital discharges: 1.24 million
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