Evolution of the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Southern Spain

• Dina Chaaro Benallal ^[1] ; María Fernanda Guerra Veloz ^[1] ; Federico Argüelles-Arias ^[1] ; José Manuel Benítez ^[2] ; Raúl Perea Amarillo ^[1] ; Eva Iglesias ^[2] ; Luisa Castro Laria ^[1] ; Valle Sánchez García ^[2] ; María Belen Maldonado Pérez ^[1] ; Ángel Vilches ^[3] ; Ángel Caunedo Álvarez ^[1] ; Manuel Romero Gómez ^[1]
  1. [1] Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena

     Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena

     Sevilla, España

     
  2. [2] Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia

     Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia

     Cordoba, España

     
  3. [3] Universidad de Sevilla

     Universidad de Sevilla

     Sevilla, España

     

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• Localización: Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas, ISSN-e 2340-4167, ISSN 1130-0108, Vol. 109, Nº. 11, 2017, págs. 757-760
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Background: The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease is increasing in Europe and in Spain. However, there is no recent data from Southern Spain. Objectives: To determine the evolution of the hospital incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Southern Spain. Material and methods: A retrospective study was performed in two hospitals in Southern Spain. Data was collected from inflammatory bowel disease patients, divided into two periods (1995-2000 and 2001-2014) and compared. The reference population from both areas was 1,011,555 inhabitants. Results: A total of 430 patients were registered during the first period (1995-2000); 50% (215) had Crohn’s disease that resulted in a cumulative incidence rate of 7.08 cases/100,000 inhabitants per year. The overall inflammatory bowel disease incidence was 3.54 cases/100,000 inhabitants per year. During the second period (2001-2014), 2,089 patients were collected; 51.7% had ulcerative colitis (1,081). The rate of cumulative incidence of inflammatory bowel disease was 14.7 cases/100,000 inhabitants per year (7.6 cases of ulcerative colitis/100,000 inhabitants/year and 7.1 cases of Crohn´s disease/100,000 inhabitants/year). Conclusions: The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Southern Spain has doubled in the last decade and is similar to that of the rest of the country and Europe.