MORTALITY IN CROHNS-DISEASE

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 49  (193) , 63-68
Abstract
Cardiff, UK residents [n = 219] were identified with Crohn''s disease between 1934 and 1976, during which period 40 of them died. Young patients diagnosed under the age of 20 yr had a significantly raised standardized mortality ratio ( SMR) which was 11. The risk of death was particularly high during the first 2 1/2 yr after diagnosis and again after the disease was present for more than about 13 yr. Case fatality has not diminished during the last 40 yr despite changes in treatment.

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