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7550293 
Journal Article 
Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Gallstones 
Cao, AmyM; Eslick, GuyD; , 
2018 
Springer International Publishing 
Cham 
The Management of Gallstone Disease 
53-66 
The prevalence of cholelithiasis or gallstones is highly variable throughout the world with a much higher prevalence well published in several ethnicities. Gallstones are common in the adult population affecting over 10–15% of the Caucasian adult population in developed countries [1–3]. However in certain ethnicities, such as North American Indians including Pima Indians, Chippewa Indians, Canadian Micmac Indians and other American Indian tribes in Arizona/Oklahoma/Dakotas, prevalence can be as high as 60–70% of the population [4, 5]. See Fig. 3.1.