Table 2.

Burden of selected urologic diseases in America in 2000

	No. Visits to Office Based Physicians (NAMCS) + Hospital Outpatient Clinics (NHAMCS)		No. Visits to Emergency Rooms (NHAMCS)	No. Hospital Stays	Total Expenditures (million $) *
	Primary Diagnosis	Any Diagnosis
Prostate
Chronic and acute prostatitis		1,841,066			$84,452,000
Benign prostatic hyperplasia	4,418,425	7,797,781	117,413	105,185	$1,099.5
Prostate cancer	3,330,196				$1,295,800,312
Bladder
Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome					$65,927,937
Urinary incontinence in women	1,159,877‡	2,130,929		46,470	$452.8
Urinary incontinence in men	207,595	353,065		1,332	$10.3
Bladder cancer
Lower tract transitional cell cancer		832,416			$1,073,803,094
Upper tract transitional cell cancer					$64,309,807
Kidney
Urolithiasis	1,996,907	2,682,290	617,647	177,496	$2,067.4
Kidney cancer		279,564			$401,390,672
Pediatric urological disorders
Vesicoureteral reflux	83,791‡	140,098†			$41,725,663
Undescended testis	148,551	215,482
Hypospadias		17,364‡			$16,563,330
Ureterocele					$16,803,712
Male reproductive health
Infertility		158,413†			$17,046,404
Erectile dysfunction		2,904,896			$327,626,849
Peyronie's disease
Urethral stricture		364,389			$191,074,350
Testicular cancer		14,790			$21,745,500
Infections
Urinary tract infections in women	6,860,160	8,966,738	1,311,359	245,879	$2,474.0
Urinary tract infections in men	1,409,963	2,049,232	424,705	121,367	$1,027.9

^*Based on data from National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) and Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).

^†Physician office visits only.

^‡Hospital outpatient visits only