Incidence of ulcerative colitis in the Cardiff region 1968-1977.

Abstract

SUMMARY The incidence of ulcerative colitis in South Glamorgan during the decade 1968-77 remained steady with a mean of 7.2/105/year. The disease was slightly more common in women, male:female ratio 1:1 2. Ulcerative colitis was rare in childhood but showed two peaks of incidence in adults, in the third and fourth decades and in the eighth decade.

Low Incidence of Ulcerative Colitis and Proctitis in Bangladeshi Migrants in Britain

“…The disease distribution was similar in Europeans and other groups. These findings support the suggestion that UC is less severe in South Asians [14,32], Overall the incidence increased with age and the bimodal distribution suggested by some others was not clearly seen [1][2][3].…”

“…In the 1980s, the standar dised incidence of UC, including proctitis, was 2.4 cases/105/year, less that half that seen in Europeans (standardised incidence 9.4 cases/105/year). The combined standardised incidence in Tower Hamlets in Europeans is similar to that stated in other British reports [1][2][3][4] (table 4). The disease distribution was similar in Europeans and other groups.…”

“…Epidemiological studies have shown marked regional variations in the incidence of ulcerative colitis (UC) [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Most have come from Western countries and there are few reliable data on UC in Asia [10][11][12][13][14][15][16], There have been few studies of the epidemiol ogy of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in South Asians in Britain and the impression has existed that the incidence of ulcerative northeast Bangladesh [19,20], Economic de privation.…”

Ulcerative Colitis in Greece: Course and Prognostic Factors

“…All of them were capable of maintaining a nor mal life besides the periods of flare up. A similar benign course mostly after the first year, has also been reported from developed countries [4,13,14,16,19].…”

Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Indian Migrants in Fiji

“…The epidemiology of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) has been studied extensively in Europeans and North Americans [1][2][3][4][5][6]. The data currently avail able suggest that the incidence of inflamma tory bowel disease (IBD) is greatest in people of Anglo-Saxon descent and Ashkenazi Jews.…”