Lower gastrointestinal bleeding epidemiology and demographics

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

The prevalence of lower gastrointestinal bleeding is approximately 20 per 100,000 population in the United States. Lower gastrointestinal bleed is more common in men than women.

Epidemiology

Prevalence

The prevalence of lower gastrointestinal bleeding is approximately 20 per 100,000 population in the United States.^[1]^[2]

Incidence

The estimated annual incidence of lower GI bleeding is approximately 0.03% in the adult population as a whole.
The overall incidence of lower GI bleeding is approximately 27 per 100,000 population in the United States.

Demographics

Gender

Lower gastrointestinal bleed (LGIB) is more common in men than women.^[1]

Race

There is no racial predilection to lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

Age

LGIB is 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.

Incidence of GI bleeding based on age
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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.

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[pmid23737154-1] 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.

[pmid18346680-2] 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.

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