How many people have IC?

[ABliske]

Does anyone know how many people are diagnosed with IC in the US?

[tigger_gal]

I really don't know I will have to do a search and see.

[katjonez]

I have heard that they believe the numbers are larger than the population with diabetes. how true ?? who knows

[NancyB]

Dear ABliske -

They used to say that there were around 500,000 cases of IC in the U.S. I believe they have revised that to 1,000,000.

NancyB:)

[ABliske]

interesting. I had heard 700,000, but I thought that was high. I don't know anybody who really knows what it is. If it's more common than diabeties, why isn't it talked about? just because of the word "bladder"?

[Mrs. Peel]

The ICA brochure my uro gave me said 1,000,000, but it was copyrighted 2002.

[chasingbliss]

The current estimate is 3-8 million women based on a new study funded by the NIH. This information came out of the last American Urological Association Conference in April. More info can be found here:

http://www.ichelp.org/Newsroom/PressReleases/tabid/286/newsid603/31/Default.aspx