Irritable bowel syndrome

What research knows about irritable bowel syndrome comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

11.2%

Pooled global prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in adults

source

New diagnoses

38.5 per 10 000 person-years

Median incidence of physician-diagnosed IBS across 19 general population cohorts

source

How rare

Common

about 1100 in 10,000 people

source source

What patients usually have

The records behind irritable bowel syndrome

Coeliac disease antibody test (EMA or TTG)
Lab results
once, at diagnosis
guideline
C-reactive protein and ESR or plasma viscosity
Lab results
once, at diagnosis
guideline
Full blood count
Lab results
once, at diagnosis
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$40

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $40 to $388

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Lab resultsx3$0.58how
Richness premium (2 kinds of data linked)x1.67how

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Irritable bowel syndrome

What research knows about irritable bowel syndrome comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.

Living with it

11.2%

Pooled global prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in adults

source

New diagnoses

38.5 per 10 000 person-years

Median incidence of physician-diagnosed IBS across 19 general population cohorts

source

How rare

Common

about 1100 in 10,000 people

source source

What patients usually have

The records behind irritable bowel syndrome

Coeliac disease antibody test (EMA or TTG)
Lab results
once, at diagnosis
guideline
C-reactive protein and ESR or plasma viscosity
Lab results
once, at diagnosis
guideline
Full blood count
Lab results
once, at diagnosis
guideline

What sharing it is worth

$40

per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $40 to $388

Value your own data

Your health story$23how
Lab resultsx3$0.58how
Richness premium (2 kinds of data linked)x1.67how

A benchmark from published prices, not a promise: contributors earn a share each time a licence includes their data. How the benchmark works · What health data sells for

Share your story about irritable bowel syndrome All conditions