Table 1.

Characteristics of patients newly diagnosed with UC.

Item	n = 2,873 [ ]: %
Sex
Male	1,759[61.2]
Female	1,114[38.8]
Age[years]	38.1 ± 12.3
0–24	408[14.2]
25–64	2,431[87.4]
65–74	34[1.2]
Medical institution where patient was diagnosed with UC
University hospital	205[7.1]
National/Public hospital	279[9.7]
Clinica	1,274[44.3]
Other hospitalb	1,115[38.8]

^aClinics with less than 20 beds.

^bHospital with 20 or more beds other than national/public hospital or university hospital.