Table 2. Number of patients with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in Japan.
| Total no. of hospitals |
Surveyed hospitals |
Sampling rate (%) |
Responding hospitals |
Response rate (%) |
No. of reported patients |
No. of estimated patients (95% CI) |
|
| University hospitals | 99 | 99 | 100.0 | 75 | 75.8 | 35 | 46 (38–54) |
| Special hospitals | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 30 | 100.0 | 49 | 49 |
| General hospitals with ≥500 beds | 368 | 194 | 52.7 | 63 | 32.5 | 15 | 88 (41–134) |
| General hospitals with 400–499 beds | 349 | 183 | 52.4 | 84 | 45.9 | 10 | 42 (16–67) |
| General hospitals with 300–399 beds | 750 | 208 | 27.7 | 81 | 38.9 | 11 | 102 (18–186) |
| General hospitals with 200–299 beds | 1143 | 207 | 18.1 | 91 | 44.0 | 25 | 314 (34–594) |
| General hospitals with 100–199 beds | 2745 | 210 | 7.7 | 87 | 41.4 | 2 | 63 (0–149) |
| General hospitals with <100 beds | 3346 | 215 | 6.4 | 158 | 73.5 | 21 | 445 (0–930) |
| Total | 8830 | 1346 | 15.2 | 669 | 49.7 | 168 | 1148 (573–1724) |