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===Prevalence=== | ===Prevalence=== | ||
*The prevalence of lower gastrointestinal bleeding is approximately 20 per 100,000 population in the United States. | *The prevalence of lower gastrointestinal bleeding is approximately 20 per 100,000 population in the United States.<ref name="pmid23737154">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ghassemi KA, Jensen DM |title=Lower GI bleeding: epidemiology and management |journal=Curr Gastroenterol Rep |volume=15 |issue=7 |pages=333 |year=2013 |pmid=23737154 |pmc=3857214 |doi=10.1007/s11894-013-0333-5 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid18346680">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zuccaro G |title=Epidemiology of lower gastrointestinal bleeding |journal=Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=225–32 |year=2008 |pmid=18346680 |doi=10.1016/j.bpg.2007.10.009 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid23737154">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ghassemi KA, Jensen DM |title=Lower GI bleeding: epidemiology and management |journal=Curr Gastroenterol Rep |volume=15 |issue=7 |pages=333 |year=2013 |pmid=23737154 |pmc=3857214 |doi=10.1007/s11894-013-0333-5 |url=}}</ref> | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Epidemiology
Prevalence
- The prevalence of lower gastrointestinal bleeding is approximately 20 per 100,000 population in the United States.[1][2][1]
Incidence
- The estimated annual incidence of lower GI bleeding is approximately 0.03% in the adult population as a whole.
Source: wikicommens.org
Demographics
Gender
- Lower gastrointestinal bleed is more common in men than women.
Race
There is no racial predilection to lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
Age
- Rare in children
- The incidence of lower GI bleeding increases with age with a 200-fold increase from the second to eighth decades of life.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ghassemi KA, Jensen DM (2013). "Lower GI bleeding: epidemiology and management". Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 15 (7): 333. doi:10.1007/s11894-013-0333-5. PMC 3857214. PMID 23737154.
- ↑ Zuccaro G (2008). "Epidemiology of lower gastrointestinal bleeding". Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 22 (2): 225–32. doi:10.1016/j.bpg.2007.10.009. PMID 18346680.