Increasing incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases between 2000 and 2007: A nationwide register study in Finland

The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is high in Western countries, but during the last decade the figures have stabilized, or only slightly increased; at the same time, an increasing incidence rate has been observed in Eastern Europe and Asia. The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence of IBD in Finland between 2000 and 2007.New IBD cases between 2000-2007 were retrieved from the national database of special...