RT Journal Article T1 Evolution of the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Southern Spain. A1 Chaaro-Benallal, Dina A1 Guerra-Veloz, Maria Fernanda A1 Arguelles-Arias, Federico A1 Benitez, Jose Manuel A1 Perea-Amarillo, Raul A1 Iglesias, Eva A1 Castro-Laria, Luisa A1 Sanchez-Garcia, Valle A1 Maldonado-Perez, Maria Belen A1 Vilches, Angel A1 Caunedo-Alvarez, Angel A1 Romero-Gomez, Manuel K1 IBD K1 Incidence K1 Spain K1 Southern Europe AB The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease is increasing in Europe and in Spain. However, there is no recent data from Southern Spain. To determine the evolution of the hospital incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Southern Spain. A retrospective study was performed in two hospitals in Southern Spain. Data was collected from inflammatory bowel disease patients, divided into two periods (1995-2000 and 2001-2014) and compared. The reference population from both areas was 1,011,555 inhabitants. A total of 430 patients were registered during the first period (1995-2000); 50% (215) had Crohn's disease that resulted in a cumulative incidence rate of 7.08 cases/100,000 inhabitants per year. The overall inflammatory bowel disease incidence was 3.54 cases/100,000 inhabitants per year. During the second period (2001-2014), 2,089 patients were collected; 51.7% had ulcerative colitis (1,081). The rate of cumulative incidence of inflammatory bowel disease was 14.7 cases/100,000 inhabitants per year (7.6 cases of ulcerative colitis/100,000 inhabitants/year and 7.1 cases of Crohn´s disease/100,000 inhabitants/year). The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Southern Spain has doubled in the last decade and is similar to that of the rest of the country and Europe. PB ARÁN EDICIONES SN 1130-0108 YR 2017 FD 2017-06-27 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11474 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11474 LA en NO Chaaro Benallal D, Guerra Veloz MF, Argüelles-Arias F, Benítez JM, Perea Amarillo R, Iglesias E, et al. Evolution of the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Southern Spain. Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2017 Nov;109(11):757-760 DS RISalud RD Aug 8, 2025