P637 Incidence and clinical characteristics of inflammatory bowel disease in the Faroe Islands during 2005–2009

Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Iceland 1995 – 2009. A nationwide population-based study

“…The same effect is seen in the Uppsala County in Sweden, in Finland and Faroe Islands [12,13,16]. At the same time the incidence of CD is stable around 6.5 in Iceland compared to 9-10 in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and the Faroe Islands.…”

“…In Copenhagen, Denmark, the UC incidence for the period 2003-2005 was found to be much lower or 13.4 per 100,000, increasing however from earlier studies [14]. In Faroe Islands for the period 2005-2009, a very high incidence was found, 26.8 per 100,000, increasing from rather high incidence reported for the period 1981-1988 or 20.3 per 100,000 [15,16].…”

“…The incidence of CD is low in Iceland compared to the other Nordic countries: In a recent incidence study from Finland, the incidence of CD was 9.2 [13], and from Uppsala County, Sweden, 9.9 [17]. Incidence in Faroe Islands was found to be increasing from 3.6 in the period 1981-1988 to 8.7 per 100,000, 2005-2009 [15,16]. Incidence figure from Copenhagen was 8.6 per 100,000 [14].…”