Friday, March 11, 2005

Prevalence and Incidence of Intussusception

Incidence (annual) of Intussusception: about 2 per 1000 cases in infants
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 500 or 0.20% or 544,000 people in USA [about data]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Intussusception: 544,000 per year, 45,333 per month, 10,461 per week, 1,490 per day, 62 per hour, 1 per minute, 0 per second.