Digestive Disease: 27 Statistics on Care & Mortality

Digestive diseases represent a significant financial and health burden. Here are 27 statistics on the number of deaths, ambulatory care visits and hospital discharges associated with GI diseases in 2004, according to the Burden of Digestive Diseases in the United States Report.

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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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