Prevalence and Incidence of Fecal incontinence
| About prevalence and incidence statistics: The term 'prevalence' of Fecal incontinence usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Fecal incontinence at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Fecal incontinence refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Fecal incontinence diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics. |
Prevalance of Fecal incontinence: 6.5 million Americans
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 41 or 2.39% or 6.5 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Fecal incontinence: More than 6.5 million Americans have fecal incontinence. 1
Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Fecal Incontinence: NIDDK
Last revision: May 30, 2003
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