Chronic
Liver Disease/Cirrhosis
(Data
are for U.S. for year in parentheses)
Health care use
Hospital
Inpatient Care
Number
of discharges for patients with chronic liver disease or cirrhosis: 360,000 (2000)
Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey:
2000 Annual Summary with Detailed Diagnosis and Procedure Data
Mortality
Number of deaths:
20,353 (2002)
Deaths
per 100,000 population: 9.5 (2002)
Source:
Deaths:
Final Data for 2002
Related
links
National
Hospital Discharge Survey
Mortality
data
National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
American
Liver Foundation
American
Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
This page last reviewed
October 19, 2004
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