Ulcerative Colitis in the Jewish Population of Tel-Aviv Jafo: I. Epidemiology

Tuvia Gilat*, Joseph Ribak, Yehuda Benaroya, Zvi Zemishlany, Ishay Weissman

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)335-342
Number of pages8
JournalGastroenterology
Volume66
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1974

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