The incidence of bowel<unk>  in the US is 1.47 per 100,000 per year. Colorectal cancer and Crohn's disease are often complicated by bowel<unk> . The mortality rate is about 4 per 100,000 on average with the mortality rate reaching as high as 60 per 100,000 in the presence of bowel ischemia or when surgery is delayed. Bowel<unk>  incidence has a median age of approximately 64 years. The incidence in newborns is about 1 in 2000 live births and 1 in 5000 in children above the age of 2. There is no racial predilection in cases of bowel<unk> . Men and women have an equal incidence of bowel<unk> . The highest incidence of bowel<unk>  is found in the continent of Africa.
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