Gallbladder Diseases in India

Gallbladder diseases are a relatively common disorder in most part of the world. The overall prevalence of the gallstone disease in the United States and much of the Western Europe is between 10 and 20 percent. In either sex, the prevalence increases with age. Throughout the world, gallbladder diseases are predominantly a female disease. In India too, the gallstone disease is relatively common with an overall prevalence in the order of 10-20 per cent and predominantly a female disease. The findings of the study reported in this issue of the journal by Gaharwar, et al., are no different.