Digestive Diseases Statistics for the United States

All Digestive Diseases Statistics

Prevalence: 60 to 70 million people affected by all digestive diseases
Ambulatory care visits: 104.7 million (2004)
Hospitalizations: 13.5 million (2004)
Mortality: 236,164 deaths (2004)
Diagnostic and therapeutic inpatient procedures: 5.5 million—12 percent of all inpatient procedures (2006)
Ambulatory surgical procedures: 20 million—31 percent of all ambulatory procedures (2006)
Costs: $141.8 billion (2004)
$97.8 billion direct medical costs (2004)
$44 billion indirect costs (e.g., disability and mortality) (2004)