Incidence & prevalence of cirrhosis in the UK

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Incidence and prevalence of cirrhosis in the United Kingdom, 1992-2001: A

general population-based study.

Crude incidence was 14.55 per 100,000 person years

increasing from 12.05 to 16.99 per 100,000 person years from 1992 to 2001. A

statistically significant increase in incidence of both alcoholic cirrhosis and

non-alcohol-related cirrhosis was seen. Prevalence of cirrhosis was an

estimated 76.3 per 100,000 population aged over 25 in mid-2001.

CONCLUSIONS: There was a 45% increase in the incidence

of cirrhosis during the decade 1992-2001 in the UK and a 68% increase in

prevalence……. an estimated 30,000 people living with cirrhosis and

at least 7000 new cases being diagnosed each year………..

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18667256

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