Epidemiology of Disease- Cholecystitis

Epidemiology or in other words is the contributing factors and this diseases specific commonalities. With this disease specifically, Cholecystitis is estimated to nearly have 10-20% of Americans in the U.S. to have gallstones causing the inflammation. The surgery of removal, Cholecystectomy, is one of the most common surgeries performed annually. About 500,000 operations take place each year. The incidences of Cholecystitis due to gallstones increases more with age and is more common in woman. Race and ethnicity showed a few similarities. There is an increased prevalence among communities of Scandinavian, Pima Indians, and Hispanic heritages. Caucasian's are more prone to cholecystitis than African Americans in the United States.

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/171886-overview#a6
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