Diverticular Disease Epidemiology: Rising Rates of Diverticular Disease Mortality Across Developing Nations
This study aimed to determine the global burden of diverticular disease as measured by disease-specific mortality while identifying indicators of rising disease rates.
DESIGN:
We undertook an ecological analysis based on data from the World Health Organization Mortality Database. Then, we analyzed global age-adjusted mortality rates from diverticular disease and compared them to national rates of overweight adults, health expenditures, and dietary composition.
SETTINGS:
National vital statistics data were collected.
PATIENTS:
Diverticular disease deaths from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2016 were evaluated.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
The primary outcome measured was the national age-adjusted mortality rate.
RESULTS:
The average age-adjusted mortality rate for diverticular disease was 0.51 ± 0.31/100,000 with a range of 0.11 to 1.75/100,000. During the study period, we noted that 57% of nations had increasing diverticular disease mortality rates, whereas only 7% had decreasing rates. More developed nations (40%) than developing nations (24%) were categorized as having high diverticular disease mortality burden over the time period of the study, and developed nations had higher percentages of overweight adults (58.9 ± 3.1%) than developing nations (50.6 ± 6.7%; p
Source: Diseases of the Colon and Rectum - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Original Contributions: Benign Source Type: research
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