A Socio-Economic Study of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

Abstract

A material is presented of 222 patients with ulcerative colitis, who on admission to hospital during the 5-year period 1960–65 were permanent residents in the county district of Copenhagen or the municipality of Gentofte, the population of which was used as a control material.

This material was divided into 21 socio-economic groups. It is shown with statistical significance that within the two socio-economic groups ‘civil servants + salaried grades’, and ‘wage-earners’, the patients were found at a relatively higher educational and economic level.

The distribution on the other socio-economic groups was the same as in the control material.

Index-words:

• Colon
• colitis, ulcerative
• sociology