What is the rate of prevalence of liver disease?

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About one in every ten people in the United States has some form of liver or gall bladder disease. The approximate annual number of mortalities of liver-related disease is 43,000 people. The large majority of these deaths is due to cirrhosis or chronic liver disease. In 2006, 27,555 people died because of chronic liver disease.

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Liver Disease

The liver assists in both digestion and cleaning toxins from your blood. When the liver is damaged, symptoms often include yellow color in skin and eyes, dark urine, persistent itching, and fatigue. The causes can be viral, as in Hepatitis A-E, or can be due to scarring, cirrhosis, or a liver cancer. You can be at risk for liver disease if you drink heavily, have body piercings, work in health care or another job that exposes you to other people's body fluids. Tests for liver disease include blood tests, scans, and biopsy.

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