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Table 4 Estimated age-sex specific percentage changes (95% confidence intervals) in rates of CD, UC, IBDU and IBD in Nova Scotia, 1996-2009

From: Decreasing incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Eastern Canada: a population database study

 

CD

UC

IBDU

IBD

 

% change (95%CI)

% change (95%CI)

% change (95%CI)

% change (95%CI)

Women

    

  <20

-25.7 (-69.7, 82)

40.1 (-59, 378)

48 (-91.5, 2487)

-0.7 (-50.5, 99.3)

  20-29

-45.8 (-77.9, 33)

-37.8 (-81.7, 111.5)

20.9 (-84.1, 819.2)

-38.1 (-68.7, 22.3)

  30-39

-29.6 (-71.7, 75.3)

-35.3 (-75.8, 72.9)

-18.9 (-85.3, 347.7)

-30.7 (-62.8, 29.2)

  40-49

-16.9 (-68.3, 117.8)

-11.3 (-63.8, 117.1)

23.7 (-75.1, 515.1)

-9.3 (-50.6, 66.3)

  50+

-28.5 (-55.9, 16)

-14.2 (-45.8, 35.7)

8.7 (-40.9, 100)

-15.2 (-36.7, 13.5)

All women (adjusted for age)

-31.9 (-41.6, -20.7)

-20 (-32.5, -5.3)

11.5 (-15.2, 46.6)

-21.4 (-29, -13)

Men

    

  <20

-19.9 (-64.1, 78.6)

111.7 (-36.4, 603.9)

126.6 (-82, 2753)

17.1 (-38.1, 121.5)

  20-29

-46.9 (-81.2, 50.6)

-43.4 (-84.5, 107.2)

78.4 (-76.8, 1269.4)

-35.8 (-69.7, 35.9)

  30-39

-27 (-75.6, 118.2)

-15.5 (-71.6, 151.3)

31.3 (-79.8, 751.4)

-15.4 (-58.5, 72.7)

 

CD

UC

IBDU

IBD

 

% change (95%CI)

% change (95%CI)

% change (95%CI)

% change (95%CI)

40-49

-37 (-78.2, 81.9)

-46.8 (-78.5, 31.8)

68.6 (-71.9, 910.5)

-34.2 (-65.3, 24.9)

50+

-20.1 (-58.2, 52.9)

-32.7 (-57.4, 6.5)

-11.3 (-55.8, 77.8)

-25.1 (-46.2, 4.1)

All men (adjusted for age)

-32.9 (-43.8, -19.9)

-29 (-40.3, -15.6)

21.2 (-9.5, 62.4)

-24.3 (-32.2, -15.5)

Sexes combined

    

  <20

-22.6 (-57.5, 40.8)

71.4 (-27.3, 304)

108.3 (-69.2, 1307)

8.2 (-32.4, 73.3)

  20-29

-46.4 (-72.8, 5.8)

-40.5 (-75.5, 44.9)

46.3 (-65.2, 515.2)

-37.2 (-62, 4)

  30-39

-28.8 (-64.7, 43.6)

-27.2 (-64.9, 51)

0.8 (-71.4, 254.9)

-24.6 (-52.8, 20.5)

  40-49

-26.6 (-64, 49.7)

-31 (-63.5, 30.2)

42 (-57, 368.4)

-22 (-49.8, 21.1)

  50+

-25.8 (-49.7, 9.6)

-24.2 (-45.1, 4.8)

-1 (-37.4, 56.7)

-20 (-35.7, -0.4)

Sexes combined (adjusted for age)

-32.5 (-39.8, -24.2)

-24.8 (-33.2, -15.3)

17 (-4, 42.6)

-22.8 (-28.4, -16.8)

  1. Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval, CD Crohn’s disease, IBD Inflammatory bowel disease, IBDU Undifferentiated inflammatory bowel disease UCUlcerative colitis.