Irritable Bowel Syndrome

(asked on 13th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people of each (a) age and (b) gender have been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 21st November 2017

This data is not available.

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has prevalence in the general population estimated between 10% and 20%. IBS most often affects people between the ages of 20 and 30 years and is twice as common in women as in men. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published best practice guidance for the diagnosis and management of IBS in February 2008. This can be found at the following link:

www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg61/resources/irritable-bowel-syndrome-in-adults-diagnosis-and-management-pdf-975562917829

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