Acute cholecystitis epidemiology and demographics
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Furqan M M. M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The incidence/prevalence of [disease name] is approximately [number range] per 100,000 individuals worldwide.
- In [year], the incidence/prevalence of [disease name] was estimated to be [number range] cases per 100,000 individuals worldwide.
Prevalence
- The prevalence of acute cholecystitis is approximately 85,324 per 100,000 individuals in the United states.
Case-fatality rate/Mortality rate
- The mortality rate of Acute cholecystitis is approximately 0.6%.[1]
Age
Race
- Acute cholecystitis usually affects individuals of the North American Indian race. White Americans, Asians, African Americans, and Africans are less likely to develop acute cholecystitis.[1][2]
Gender
- Females are more commonly affected by acute cholecystitis than males. The female to male ratio ranges from 10:1 in Pima Indians to 2–3:1 in Europeans women.[1][2]
Region
- Acute cholecystitis cases are reported worldwide. America and Europe have high rates of gallbladder stones as compared to Asia and Africa.[1]
Developed Countries
- Acute cholecystitis accounts for 700,000 cholecystectomies and costs of ∼$6.5 billion annually only in the United States.[1]
- Acute cholecystitis is prevalent in North America with a racial predisposition to the American Indians.
- South American countries have slightly more prevalence than the North America.
- In Europe, Scandinavian countries have the highest prevalence of acute cholecystitis.
- Italy, Austria, England, Germany, and Poland have a higher prevalence among the rest of Europe.
Developing Countries
- Acute cholecystitis is comparatively less prevalent in the developing countries.[1]
- India and Taiwan have a higher prevalence of acute cholecystitis in the developing countries.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Shaffer EA (2006). "Gallstone disease: Epidemiology of gallbladder stone disease". Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 20 (6): 981–96. doi:10.1016/j.bpg.2006.05.004. PMID 17127183.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Knab LM, Boller AM, Mahvi DM (2014). "Cholecystitis". Surg. Clin. North Am. 94 (2): 455–70. doi:10.1016/j.suc.2014.01.005. PMID 24679431.