Research Article

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

Table 3

(a) Colectomy rates across ethnic groups. (b) Colectomy rates in hospital with high ethnicity coding (greater than 40%).
(a)

White EuropeanSouth AsianOthersTotal
IndianPakistani Bang Black Afro-Caribbean Chinese 

No colectomy63,217 (93.1)1,722 (90.2)771 (93.7)123 (95.3)914 (93.2)175 (91.1)66922
Colectomy4,714 (6.9)188 (9.8)52 (6.3)6 (4.7)67 (6.8)17 (8.9)5044
Total67931191082312998119271,966

, significant differences between colectomy rates across ethnic groups.
(b)

White EuropeanSouth AsianOthersTotal
Indian Pakistani BangBlack Afro-CaribbeanChinese

No colectomy38615 (92.9)1094 (89.1)518 (93.2)44 (93.6)455 (92.7)34 (94.4)40760
Colectomy2944 (7.1)134 (10.9)38 (6.8)3 (6.4)36 (7.3)2 (5.6)3157
Total41,5591228556474963643,917