Inflammatory Bowel Disease of the Faroe Islands, 1981-1988: A Prospective Epidemiologic Study: Primary Report

Róin, F; J, Roin

doi:10.3109/00365528909091350

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“…Whereas we report incidence rates for ulcerative colitis that are comparable with some other northern populations (19,(21)(22)(23)(24)(25), we report the highest incidence of Crohn's disease to date (1,2). These observations would hold even if our incidence rates are overestimated by up to 20 percent due to case definition.…”

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confidence: 72%

Epidemiology of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in a Central Canadian Province: A Population-based Study

Bernstein

Blanchard

Rawsthorne

et al. 1999

American Journal of Epidemiology

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The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy and utility of administrative health data in identifying persons with inflammatory bowel disease on a population basis and to determine the incidence and prevalence of this disease in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The data from Manitoba Health (the province's single insurer) were used to identify residents with physician and/or hospital contacts for Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis based on International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, codes between 1984 and 1995. Of 5,182 eligible individuals, 4,514 were mailed questionnaires and 2,725 responded. Cases were defined as individuals with five or more separate medical contacts with one of these diagnoses or three or more such contacts if they were resident for less than 2 years. The accuracy of the study case definitions was high when compared with either self-report or chart review. The 1989-1994 age- and sex-adjusted annual incidence was 14.6/100,000 for Crohn's disease and 14.3/100,000 for ulcerative colitis. The prevalence of Crohn's disease in 1994 was 198.5/100,000, and that of ulcerative colitis was 169.7/100,000. In conclusion, the authors have successfully established and validated a population-based database of inflammatory bowel disease based on administrative data. The high incidence rates and dynamic epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in Manitoba indicate the presence of important environmental risk factors, which warrants further investigation.

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confidence: 72%

Epidemiology of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in a Central Canadian Province: A Population-based Study

Bernstein

Blanchard

Rawsthorne

et al. 1999

American Journal of Epidemiology

612

405

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“…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].…”

Section: Ulcerative Colitismentioning

confidence: 49%

“…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].…”

Section: Crohns Diseasementioning

confidence: 90%

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

Björnsson¹,

Tryggvason

Jónasson

et al. 2015

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

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“…Median age at diagnosis and time to diagnosis did not differ from other Western European centres (data not shown) and incidence rates for 2011 and 2012 in the Faroe Islands did not differ significantly from the incidence rate found in 2010 (K Nielsen, personal communication). A previous study found a mean incidence rate of 23.9 per 100 000 for 1981–198820 on the Faroe Islands. The present major increase in incidence could have been caused by environmental factors21 (eg, special dietary habits) in combination with a genetic burden 22.…”

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East–West gradient in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Europe: the ECCO-EpiCom inception cohort

Burisch¹,

Pedersen²,

Čuković‐Čavka³

et al. 2013

Gut

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease of the Faroe Islands, 1981-1988: A Prospective Epidemiologic Study: Primary Report

Cited by 35 publications

References 3 publications

Epidemiology of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in a Central Canadian Province: A Population-based Study

Epidemiology of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in a Central Canadian Province: A Population-based Study

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

East–West gradient in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Europe: the ECCO-EpiCom inception cohort

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