Abstract Purpose of Review Once thought a disease of Western civilizations, the
inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) impose a global burden, now penetrating populations in …

Canada has among the highest incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD) in the world. After decades of rising incidence of IBD in Canada during the 20th …

Background & Aims We sought to estimate the incidence, prevalence, and racial-ethnic
distribution of physician-diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the United States …

The epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has undergone considerable shifts
since its emergence in the Western world over a century ago, especially in the last few …

This review provides a summary of the global epidemiology of inflammatory bowel diseases
(IBD). It is now clear that IBD is increasing worldwide and has become a global emergence …

The epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is changing globally. Incidence and
prevalence may have stabilized in high-incidence areas such as North America and Europe …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has become a global disease. As IBD is a chronic disease
that can result in remarkable morbidity and disability, estimation and understanding the …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a global disease; its evolution can be stratified into four
epidemiological stages: Emergence, Acceleration in Incidence, Compounding Prevalence …

BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)–Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative
colitis (UC)–significantly impact quality of life and account for substantial costs to the health …

The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are contemporary conditions of industrialized
societies. The prevalence of IBD continues to increase steadily in Western countries, and …