Table 1.
Numbers of hospital admissions for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease and elective and emergency colectomies, along with sociodemographic and length of stay characteristics of patients in Oxford region (1968-96) and in England (1998-2000)
| Reason for admission | Study populations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford region (1968-96) | England (1998-2000) | ||||
| Ulcerative colitis | Crohn's disease | Ulcerative colitis | Crohn's disease | ||
| Elective colectomy: | |||||
| No of patients | 231 | 345 | 1198 | 1362 | |
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 47.8 (15.7) | 42.0 (17.4) | 47.0 (15.5) | 41⋅9 (15.9) | |
| No (%) men | 117 (50.6) | 128 (37.1) | 692 (57.9) | 530 (39.0) | |
| Median (interquartile range) stay (days) | 15.0 (12.0-21.0) | 12.0 (9.0-17.0) | 13.0 (10.0-17.0) | 10.0 (7.0-13.0) | |
| Emergency colectomy*: | |||||
| No of patients | 246 | 271 | 785 | 1030 | |
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 45.0 (18.2) | 41.9 (18.6) | 48.0 (18.8) | 43.0 (18.5) | |
| No (%) men | 139 (56.5) | 128 (47.2) | 430 (55.0) | 475 (46.3) | |
| Median (interquartile range) stay (days) | 28.0 (19.0-38.0) | 18.0 (12.0-31.0) | 27.0 (19.0-38.0) | 21.0 (10.0-28.5) | |
| No colectomy: | |||||
| No of patients | 2476 | 2336 | 6262 | 6910 | |
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 48.4 (20.7) | 40.8 (19.7) | 50.4 (21.1) | 43.3 (19.8) | |
| No (%) men | 1141 (46.1) | 879 (37.6) | 3062 (49.0) | 2722 (39.5) | |
| Median (interquartile range) stay (days) | 10.0 (7.0-16.0) | 9.0 (6.0-15.0) | 9.0 (6.0-15.0) | 9.0 (6.0-14.0) | |
| All admissions: | |||||
| No of patients | 2959 | 2958 | 8245 | 9302 | |
| Mean (SD) age (years) | 48.1 (20.2) | 41.0 (19.3) | 49.8 (21.1) | 43.1 (19.2) | |
| No (%) men | 1402 (47.4) | 1137 (38.5) | 4184 (50.9) | 3727 (40.1) | |
| Median (interquartile range) stay (days) | 11.0 (7.0-18.0) | 10.0 (7.0-16.0) | 11.0 (7.0-17.5) | 9.0 (7.0-15.0) | |
*In the Oxford region, 240 of 246 non-elective colectomies (97.6%) for ulcerative colitis and 257 of 271 non-elective colectomies (94.8%) for Crohn's disease were emergency colectomies. In England, corresponding values were 752 of 785 (95.8%) for ulcerative colitis and 1010 of 1030 (98.1%) for Crohn's disease. Non-elective colectomies are therefore labelled as emergency colectomies. The small numbers of other colectomies refer to hospital transfers.