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Table 2 Point prevalence (n./million of inhabitants) of home artificial nutrition (HAN), both parenteral (HPN) and enteral (HEN) by disease category, in Italy in 2012

From: Development of home artificial nutrition in Italy over a seven year period: 2005–2012

 

Total cases

Adult

Paediatric

 

HAN

HPNa

HEN

HAN

HPNa

HEN

HAN

HPNa

HEN

Oncological

63.5

28.8

34.7

61.6

28.2

33.4

1.9

0.6

1.3

Neurological

212.2

7.1

205.1

193.3

5.7

187.5

18.9

1.3

17.6

GI disease

21.3

11.7

9.6

15.8

9.4

6.4

5.5

2.3

3.1

Other

30.4

3.8

26.5

24.2

3.4

20.8

6.1

0.4

5.7

  1. apatients receiving both HPN and HEN were included in the HPN group
  2. Population sample: 44.36 million inhabitants (73.2% of total Italian population)