Inflammatory bowel disease in Iceland during a 30-year period, 1950-1979.
Thirty-three patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and 318 with ulcerative colitis (UC) were identified among the 250,000 inhabitants of Iceland over a 30-year period. The present incidence of CD is 0.9/10(5)/year and of UC 7.4/10(5)/year.
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Reykjavik City Hospital, University of Iceland.
D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007055:Iceland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged