This statistic depicts the percentage of inflammatory bowel disease patients that were diagnosed using select diagnostics as of 2018. According to the data, 81 percent of patients had received a colonoscopy.
Percentage of U.S. adults with inflammatory bowel disease that had select diagnostics tests for diagnosis as of 2018
Characteristic
Percentage of people with IBD
Colonoscopy
81%
Blood test
58%
Physical examination
48%
Stool sample test
47%
X-rays of GI tract
42%
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Health Union (InflammatoryBowelDisease.net). (May 25, 2018). Percentage of U.S. adults with inflammatory bowel disease that had select diagnostics tests for diagnosis as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/964537/ibd-diagnostics-us/
Health Union (InflammatoryBowelDisease.net). "Percentage of U.S. adults with inflammatory bowel disease that had select diagnostics tests for diagnosis as of 2018." Chart. May 25, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/964537/ibd-diagnostics-us/
Health Union (InflammatoryBowelDisease.net). (2018). Percentage of U.S. adults with inflammatory bowel disease that had select diagnostics tests for diagnosis as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/964537/ibd-diagnostics-us/
Health Union (InflammatoryBowelDisease.net). "Percentage of U.S. Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease That Had Select Diagnostics Tests for Diagnosis as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 May 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/964537/ibd-diagnostics-us/
Health Union (InflammatoryBowelDisease.net), Percentage of U.S. adults with inflammatory bowel disease that had select diagnostics tests for diagnosis as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/964537/ibd-diagnostics-us/ (last visited May 06, 2025)
Percentage of U.S. adults with inflammatory bowel disease that had select diagnostics tests for diagnosis as of 2018 [Graph], Health Union (InflammatoryBowelDisease.net), May 25, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/964537/ibd-diagnostics-us/
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