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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence=== | |||
*The annual incidence of hospitalization for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in the United States is approximately 65 per 100,000 individuals.<ref name="pmid29282637">{{cite journal| author=Wuerth BA, Rockey DC| title=Changing Epidemiology of Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in the Last Decade: A Nationwide Analysis. | journal=Dig Dis Sci | year= 2018 | volume= 63 | issue= 5 | pages= 1286-1293 | pmid=29282637 | doi=10.1007/s10620-017-4882-6 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=29282637 }} </ref> | |||
===Case-fatality rate/Mortality rate=== | |||
===Age=== | |||
===Gender=== | |||
The incidence of UGIB is higher in men than in women (128 versus 65 per 100,000 in one study). | |||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Tayyaba Ali, M.D.[2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The annual incidence of hospitalization for acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in the United States is approximately 65 per 100,000 individuals.[1]
Case-fatality rate/Mortality rate
Age
Gender
The incidence of UGIB is higher in men than in women (128 versus 65 per 100,000 in one study).
Reference
- ↑ Wuerth BA, Rockey DC (2018). "Changing Epidemiology of Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in the Last Decade: A Nationwide Analysis". Dig Dis Sci. 63 (5): 1286–1293. doi:10.1007/s10620-017-4882-6. PMID 29282637.