title: Epidemiology of Crohn's disease in Sicily: a hospital incidence study from 1987 to 1989. "The Sicilian Study Group of Inflammatory Bowel Disease".
abstract: An epidemiologic study of Crohn's disease was carried out in the Province of Palermo, Italy, between 1987 and 1989. The incidence of first hospitalization was prospectively evaluated in this period. A total of 103 patients (59 males, 44 females) were diagnosed. The standardized annual incidence was 2.7/100,000. The incidence was quite constant during the 3 years of the study (1987: 2.9/100,000; 1988: 2.4/100,000; 1989: 2.99/100,000). Incidence rates were slightly higher in men than in women. The disease had a bimodal age distribution in female (with peaks at age 20-29 and 60-69) and males (with peaks at age 30-39, 40-49). No cases were observed at age 0-9. The incidence of Crohn's disease in southern Italy is comparable to that reported in northern Europe.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina Generale e Pneumologia, Clinica Medica R, Università di Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cottone
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cipolla
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Orlando
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aiala
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Puleo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012802:Sicily / Q000453:epidemiology