How common are gallstones?
About 700,000 people in the United States need surgery for gallstones each year.1 In the United States, about 10% of people older than 40 have gallstones.2
More women than men develop gallstones. People who are obese are more likely to develop gallstones than people who are not overweight.
| Author: | Monica Rhodes | Last Updated: August 2, 2007 |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Jerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP - Gastroenterology | |
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