An epidemiological study of regional enteritis in the gloucester area

Abstract

An epidemiological study has been made of regional enteritis in the Gloucester area during the period from 1 Jan., 1966, to 31 Dec., 1970. There were 19 cases in an average population of 253,000, giving an average incidence of new cases of 1.5 per 100,000 per year. There was a significant peak of cases in the 15–24 age‐group. The incidence in men was slightly higher than in women. There was a family history of ulcerative colitis in 2 cases. There were 3 cases of regional enteritis of the large bowel only, all occurring in women. Extensive large‐ and small‐bowel involvement occurred predominantly in the younger patients.

Incidence of Crohn's disease in Cardiff between 1934-1977.

“…Such a steady rise in the incidence of the disease is England andWales (1950-1975).) Tresadern et al (1973) 1966-70 1-5 19 Aberdeen…”

“…In Britain the earliest epidemiological study from Oxford, 1951-60 (Evans andAcheson, 1965) found an incidence of 0-8 cases of 105/year and a comparable figure from our data for that period is approximately twice this value. The Gloucester study (Tresadern et al, 1973), which covered the period 1966-70, was relatively small and included only 19 cases; the incidence was 1-5 cases/105/year compared with 3 62 cases/year in Cardiff for the same period. One of the largest series came from Northern Ireland (Humphreys and Parks, 1975) where 159 cases were identified between 1966 and 1973; the cases were obtained from all six counties and the data were retrospective.…”

The incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in north Tees health district

“…In 1%5, Acheson [1] comprehensively reviewed the epidemiologic data on inflammatory bowel disease then available and in the same paper produced new data on the incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in Oxford. Kyle and Blair [2] have described the epidemiology of Crohn's disease in northeast Scotland and, more recently, Tresadem, Gear, and Nichol [3] have presented similar data about Crohn's disease in the Gloucester area. These 3 studies present the only carefully circumscribed descriptions of the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in British populations; other studies have been published, but they relate to patients seen and managed in specialist hospital units and, consequently, cannot give accurate information about the epidemiology of these diseases in a defined population.…”

Crohn's disease in Bangladeshis and Europeans in Britain: an epidemiological comparison in Tower Hamlets

“…The relative risk to Europeans was 2.5 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. There was no difference between the standardized incidence in Europeans and West Indians (Z = 0.45, NS), the relative risk to West Indians being 1.4 (95% CI 0.3-5.7).…”