Abstract
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The worldwide prevalence of Crohn’s disease is increasing.
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High-incidence areas include Canada, France, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Scotland.
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Affluence and living in industrialized areas do not currently appear to have an etiological role.
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There is a bimodal age distribution with the first peak occurring between the ages of 15 and 30 years and the second between 60 and 80 years.
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The prevalence of Crohn’s disease in patients aged younger and older than 20 years is 43 and 201 per 100,000, respectively.
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Crohn’s is more common in whites than in blacks, Hispanics, and Asians, and there is a two- to fourfold increase in the prevalence among the Jewish population in the USA, Europe, and South Africa.
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Strong, S.A. (2014). Crohn’s Disease: Surgical Management. In: Beck, D., et al. The ASCRS Manual of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8450-9_30
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