Burden of gallstone disease in the United States population: Prepandemic rates and trends

Table 3 Number and age-adjusted rates of claims-based prevalence, ambulatory care visits, emergency department visits, and inpatient stays with gallstone disease (all-listed diagnosis) by age, sex, race-ethnicity, and region among Medicaid beneficiaries in the United States, 2019

Demographic characteristics	Number of enrollees	Number of enrollees with disease	Claims-based prevalence (%)	Ambulatory care visits		Emergency department visits		Inpatient stays
				Number	Rate per 100000	Number	Rate per 100000	Number	Rate per 100000
Age (yr)
19 to 34	18016135	138819	0.77	169416	940	100163	556	28456	158
35 to 44	8135908	80155	0.99	88679	1090	46780	575	15519	191
45 to 54	6837507	86815	1.27	88868	1300	41658	609	16890	247
55 to 64	6606519	102452	1.55	96526	1461	39721	601	19125	289
Sex
Female	23368766	286708	1.23	341646	1462	170220	728	54372	233
Male	16227303	121533	0.75	101843	628	58102	358	25618	158
Race-ethnicity
White	16266919	173456	1.07	196304	1207	91310	561	30701	189
Black	7392713	62358	0.84	57154	773	37617	509	12727	172
Hispanic	6279192	84023	1.34	95940	1528	54029	860	19315	308
Asian	1800629	13259	0.74	16320	906	4911	273	2202	122
American Indian/Alaska native	571976	7821	1.37	8035	1405	4041	706	2050	358
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	207441	2033	0.98	1940	935	1286	620	378	182
Multiracial/unknown	7077199	65291	0.92	67796	958	35128	496	12617	178
Region
Northeast	8712132	82116	0.94	87273	1002	40923	470	17035	196
Midwest	7836180	80735	1.03	94764	1209	43962	561	13226	169
South	11095989	114258	1.03	115694	1043	64653	583	22782	205
West	11951768	131132	1.10	145758	1220	78784	659	26947	225
Total	39596069	408241	1.03	443489	1120	228322	577	79990	202

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.