Ulcerative Colitis
(asked on 10th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of ulcerative colitis there has been in each of the last three years.
This question was answered on 17th June 2014
Annual incidence data for ulcerative colitis is not collected. In its guidance, Ulcerative colitis, Management in adults, children and young people, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has estimated that there are 146,000 people in the United Kingdom with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis.