Differences in the socio‐economic distribution of inflammatory bowel disease and microscopic colitis

• Published in: Colorectal disease Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 38 - 44
• Main Authors: Sonnenberg, A., Turner, K. O., Genta, R. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Affluence; African Americans - statistics & numerical data; Aged; Asian Americans - statistics & numerical data; Colitis; Colitis, Microscopic - epidemiology; Colitis, Microscopic - etiology; Colon; Colonoscopy - statistics & numerical data; Cross-Sectional Studies; Demographic characteristics; Demographics; Educational Status; Environment; environmental epidemiology; Environmental risk; European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data; Female; Geography, Medical - statistics & numerical data; Health risks; Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data; Histopathology; Housing; Humans; Inflammatory bowel disease; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - epidemiology; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - etiology; Intestine; Male; Middle Aged; Minority & ethnic groups; Population number; Postal codes; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; socio‐economic risk factors; United States - epidemiology; ZIP codes; Demographic characteristics; environmental epidemiology; ZIP codes; socio-economic risk factors

Aim Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and microscopic colitis are characterized by different geographical distributions across the USA. In this cross‐sectional study we utilized demographic and socio‐economic information associated with individual ZIP codes to further delineate the epidemiological ch...