Research Article

Colectomy Rates for Ulcerative Colitis Differ between Ethnic Groups: Results from a 15-Year Nationwide Cohort Study

Table 1

Patient demographics for patients with UC admitted to hospitals in England between 1997 and 2012.

White EuropeanSouth AsianOthers
IndianPakistaniBangBlackChinese
(%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)

GenderMale32844 (48.3)980 (51.3)413 (50.2)67 (51.9)468 (47.7)106 (55.2)0.250
Female35087 (51.7)930 (48.7)410 (49.8)62 (48.1)513 (52.3)86 (44.2)

Age<30 yrs7396 (10.9)353 (18.5)238 (28.9)39 (30.2)176 (18.0)16 (8.3)<0.001
31–45 yrs14901 (22.0)695 (36.4)312 (37.9)38 (29.5)335 (34.3)37 (19.3)
46–60 yrs17344 (25.6)507 (26.5)174 (21.1)27 (20.9)206 (21.1)47 (24.5)
>60 yrs28036 (41.4)355 (18.6)99 (12.0)25 (19.4)261 (26.7)92 (47.9)

Comorbidity (Charlson score)No comorbidity56484 (83.1)1689 (88.4)707 (85.9)103 (79.8)831 (84.7)166 (86.5)0.010
17633 (11.2)144 (7.5)91 (11.1)19 (14.7)102 (10.4)18 (9.4)
>13814 (5.6)77 (4.0)25 (3.0)7 (5.4)48 (4.9)8 (4.2)

Total67931 (94.3)1910 (2.7)823 (1.1)129 (0.18)981 (1.4)192 (0.27)71,966