Pediatric Liver Disease

Facts-At-A-Glance

Hospitalizations for pediatric liver disease per year in the USA = 15,000
Incidence of all causes of neonatal liver disease is 1 in 2500 live births
Biliary Atresia incidence is 1 in 13,000 live births in USA= 35 to 400 new cases per year. Cost of care is estimated at $7.6 for first year and then $47.8 million for liver transplant care.
Hepatitis C infection is present in 1 in 500 children age 6-11 years old and 1 in 250 children age 12-19 years old.
Non-alcohol fatty liver is present in 2-5% of all children.
500-600 pediatric patients undergo liver transplant per year in the U.S., almost half of them with biliary artesia, at a cost of over $134 million.

Resources

The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Page updated: June 16th, 2009