Table 3.
National Colonoscopy Burden According to Age Group over the 12-Year Period in Korea
| Year | Young age (<50 yr) | Screening age (50–74 yr) | Elderly age (≥75 yr) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total volume | CS without polypectomy | Polypectomy | Total volume | CS without polypectomy* | Polypectomy* | Total volume | CS without polypectomy* | Polypectomy* | |
| 2002 | 131,431 | 124,226 (94.5) | 7,205 (5.5) | 125,060 | 109,097 (87.2) | 15,963 (12.8) | 7,854 | 6,844 (87.1) | 1,010 (12.9) |
| 2003 | 229,271 | 217,796 (95.0) | 11,475 (5.0) | 206,768 | 180,233 (87.2) | 26,535 (12.8) | 12,012 | 10,368 (86.3) | 1,644 (13.7) |
| 2004 | 267,815 | 251,194 (93.8) | 16,621 (6.2) | 262,325 | 222,634 (84.9) | 39,691 (15.1) | 16,050 | 13,638 (85.0) | 2,412 (15.0) |
| 2005 | 361,729 | 335,013 (92.6) | 26,716 (7.4) | 367,829 | 304,638 (82.8) | 63,191 (17.2) | 21,977 | 18,139 (82.5) | 3,838 (17.5) |
| 2006 | 442,551 | 401,190 (90.7) | 41,361 (9.3) | 483,284 | 386,253 (79.9) | 97,031 (20.1) | 31,699 | 25,416 (80.2) | 6,283 (19.8) |
| 2007 | 479,373 | 425,120 (88.7) | 54,253 (11.3) | 563,229 | 437,513 (77.7) | 125,716 (22.3) | 37,757 | 29,518 (78.2) | 8,239 (21.8) |
| 2008 | 508,168 | 439,933 (86.6) | 68,235 (13.4) | 654,693 | 494,628 (75.6) | 160,065 (24.4) | 44,752 | 34,100 (76.2) | 10,652 (23.8) |
| 2009 | 578,202 | 494,490 (85.5) | 83,712 (14.5) | 807,666 | 600,228 (74.3) | 207,438 (25.7) | 55,696 | 41,504 (74.5) | 14,192 (25.5) |
| 2010 | 588,331 | 493,360 (83.9) | 94,971 (16.1) | 946,442 | 684,963 (72.4) | 261,479 (27.6) | 66,915 | 48,053 (71.8) | 18,862 (28.2) |
| 2011 | 709,141 | 577,893 (81.5) | 131,248 (18.5) | 1,186,855 | 834,456 (70.3) | 352,399 (29.7) | 79,283 | 54,975 (69.3) | 24,308 (30.7) |
| 2012 | 691,351 | 552,549 (79.9) | 138,802 (20.1) | 1,351,311 | 926,350 (68.6) | 424,961 (31.4) | 95,488 | 63,416 (66.4) | 32,072 (33.6) |
| 2013 | 649,927 | 507,664 (78.1) | 142,263 (21.9) | 1,340,951 | 896,796 (66.9) | 444,155 (33.1) | 107,972 | 69,604 (64.5) | 38,368 (35.5) |
| Percent change | –1.6 | +1.6 | –2.0 | +2.0 | –2.1 | +2.1 | |||
Data are presented as number or number (%).
*
The percent is the proportion of procedures performed each year relative to the total colonoscopy (CS) volume.