Comparing administrative and survey data for ascertaining cases of irritable bowel syndrome: a population-based investigation

Table 2 Characteristics of study cohort

Characteristic		Self-Reported IBS (n= 152)		Self-Reported CD or UC (n= 41)		No Reported Bowel Disorder (n= 4,892)
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex	Male	22	14.4	15	36.5	2,258	46.2
	Female	130	85.6	26	63.5	2,634	53.8
Age Group	< 45 years	68	44.7	18	43.9	1,916	39.2
	45 - 64 years	63	41.5	14	34.1	1,693	34.6
	65+ years	21	13.8	9	22.0	1,283	26.4
Region of Residence	Urban	105	69.1	29	70.7	3,156	64.5
	Rural	47	30.9	12	29.3	1,736	35.5
Income Quintile^a	Q1 (lowest)	20	13.2	--	--	809	16.5
	Q2	35	23.0	--	--	1014	20.7
	Q3	36	23.7	13	31.7	1126	23.0
	Q4	36	23.7	8	19.5	865	17.7
	Q5 (highest)	23	15.1	9	22.0	948	19.4

Note: IBS - Irritable bowel syndrome; CD - Crohn's disease; UC - Ulcerative colitis; -- indicates that the results have been suppressed due to cell sizes less than 7.
^aPercentages for this variable may not sum to 100 because of missing data

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