Each year in the United States, between 211 million and 375 million adults get diarrhea. About 900,000 people need to go to the hospital because they have diarrhea, and about 6,000 people die.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
Thielman NM, Guerrant R.
Acute infectious diarrhea.
New England Journal of Medicine. 2004; 350: 38-47.

 

 

 

 

 

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Between 2 in 10 and 5 in 10 people traveling to a foreign country get diarrhea.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Travelers' diarrhea.
November 2006. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/travelersdiarrhea_g.htm (accessed on 22 January 2008).

 

 

 

 

 

² To read more, see Travelers' diarrhea.

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