CHAPTER 1 All Digestive Diseases Source Burden of

CHAPTER 1 All Digestive Diseases Source: Burden of digestive diseases in the United States, 2008. NIH Publication No. 09 -6443 http: //www 2. niddk. nih. gov/About. NIDDK/Reports. And. Strategic. Planning/

All Digestive Diseases: Number and Age-Adjusted Rates of Ambulatory Care Visits and Hospital Discharges With First-Listed and All-Listed Diagnoses of by Age, Race, and Sex in the United States, 2004 SOURCE: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) (3 -year average, 2003 -2005), and Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (HCUP NIS)

All Digestive Diseases: Age-Adjusted Rates of Ambulatory Care Visits and Hospital Discharges With All-Listed Diagnoses in the United States, 1979– 2004 SOURCE: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) (averages 1992 -1993, 1994 -1996, 1997 -1999, 2000 -2002, 20032005), and National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS)

All Digestive Diseases: Number and Age-Adjusted Rates of Deaths, Years of Potential Life Lost (to Age 75), and Digestive Disease as a Percentage of all Deaths by Age, Race, and Sex in the United States, 2004 SOURCE: Vital Statistics of the United States

All Digestive Diseases: Age-Adjusted Rates of Death in the United States, 1979– 2004 SOURCE: Vital Statistics of the United States

All Digestive Diseases: Costliest Prescriptions SOURCE: Verispan

Burden of Selected Digestive Diseases in the United States, 2004 SOURCE: a. Vital Statistics of the United States, b. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), c. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (HCUP NIS)

Burden of Selected Digestive Diseases in the United States, 2004 (continued) SOURCE: a. Vital Statistics of the United States, b. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), c. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (HCUP NIS)

Burden of Selected Digestive Diseases in the United States, 2004 (continued) SOURCE: a. Vital Statistics of the United States, b. National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), c. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (HCUP NIS)