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 of acute cholecystitis is approximately 63,000 per 100,000 in individual under 50 years age and 209,000 per 100,000 in individuals over 50 years age worldwide.[1]
Prevalence
- The prevalence of acute cholecystitis is approximately 85,324 per 100,000 individuals in the United states.[2]
Case-fatality rate/Mortality rate
- The mortality rate of Acute cholecystitis is approximately 0.6%.[2]
Age
- The incidence of acute cholecystitis increases with age.[1]
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.[2][3]
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.[2][3]
Region
- Acute cholecystitis cases are reported worldwide. America and Europe have high rates of gallbladder stones as compared to Asia and Africa.[2]
Developed Countries
- Acute cholecystitis accounts for 700,000 cholecystectomies and costs of ∼$6.5 billion annually only in the United States.[2]
- 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.[2]
- India and Taiwan have a higher prevalence of acute cholecystitis in the developing countries.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Telfer S, Fenyö G, Holt PR, de Dombal FT (1988). "Acute abdominal pain in patients over 50 years of age". Scand. J. Gastroenterol. Suppl. 144: 47–50. PMID 3165555.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.