TY - JOUR
T1 - Ulcerative Colitis in the Jewish Population of Tel-Aviv Jafo
T2 - I. Epidemiology
AU - Gilat, Tuvia
AU - Ribak, Joseph
AU - Benaroya, Yehuda
AU - Zemishlany, Zvi
AU - Weissman, Ishay
PY - 1974
Y1 - 1974
N2 - An epidemiological study of ulcerative colitis was performed in the Jewish population of Tel-Aviv Jafo from 1961 to 1970. The average annual incidence of ulcerative colitis was 3.66 per 105 population, and the prevalence was 37.4 per 105. The figures are considerably lower than those found in comparable studies in Oxford, England, Rochester, Minnesota, and Copenhagen, Denmark, and it is concluded that the disease is less frequent in Jews in Tel-Aviv. The most frequent age at onset of disease was 15 to 20 years and the female-male ratio was 0.80. Dissimilarities in the age and sex composition of various series of ulcerative colitis in different parts of world are discussed. The percentage of our patients who were never hospitalized is 14.8%, and it is suggested that epidemiological studies of the disease cannot be based on hospitalized cases only.
AB - An epidemiological study of ulcerative colitis was performed in the Jewish population of Tel-Aviv Jafo from 1961 to 1970. The average annual incidence of ulcerative colitis was 3.66 per 105 population, and the prevalence was 37.4 per 105. The figures are considerably lower than those found in comparable studies in Oxford, England, Rochester, Minnesota, and Copenhagen, Denmark, and it is concluded that the disease is less frequent in Jews in Tel-Aviv. The most frequent age at onset of disease was 15 to 20 years and the female-male ratio was 0.80. Dissimilarities in the age and sex composition of various series of ulcerative colitis in different parts of world are discussed. The percentage of our patients who were never hospitalized is 14.8%, and it is suggested that epidemiological studies of the disease cannot be based on hospitalized cases only.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0016-5085(74)80131-9
DO - 10.1016/S0016-5085(74)80131-9
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AN - SCOPUS:0015975146
SN - 0016-5085
VL - 66
SP - 335
EP - 342
JO - Gastroenterology
JF - Gastroenterology
IS - 3
ER -