Average annual age standardised rate for finished consultant episodes for duodenal ulceration in England from 1989/90 to 1998/9. Age standardised within age bands to European standard population. Finished consultant episodes per 100 000
| Women | Men | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group (y) | 1989–91 | 1992–5 | 1996–8 | % Change | 1989–91 | 1992–5 | 1996–8 | % Change | |
| % Change, percentage change from 1989–91 to 1996–8. | |||||||||
| Duodenal ulcer | 25–44 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 8.3 | −22 | 33.4 | 29.8 | 26.1 | −22 |
| 45–64 | 29.9 | 26.7 | 24.6 | −18 | 71.9 | 65.9 | 61.7 | −14 | |
| 65–74 | 65.2 | 72.2 | 81.7 | 25 | 118.7 | 133.3 | 150.1 | 26 | |
| 75+ | 84.0 | 105.1 | 111.4 | 33 | 112.4 | 149.6 | 167.1 | 49 | |
| All ages | 19.1 | 19.0 | 19.3 | 1 | 44.1 | 43.3 | 42.6 | −3 | |
| Duodenal ulcer: haemorrhage | 25–44 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 7 | 10.3 | 11.3 | 9.6 | −6 |
| 45–64 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 1 | 27.6 | 28.6 | 26.7 | −3 | |
| 65–74 | 22.2 | 27.9 | 33.0 | 48 | 49.4 | 63.4 | 71.8 | 45 | |
| 75+ | 30.8 | 41.4 | 46.3 | 50 | 48.4 | 71.7 | 80.0 | 65 | |
| All ages | 5.7 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 25 | 16.3 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 13 | |
| Duodenal ulcer: perforation | 25–44 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | −4 |
| 45–64 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 5.9 | −14 | 13.9 | 12.3 | 11.4 | −18 | |
| 65–74 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 20.6 | 14 | 25.6 | 26.5 | 24.2 | −6 | |
| 75+ | 25.5 | 28.8 | 26.2 | 3 | 24.3 | 29.0 | 29.5 | 21 | |
| All ages | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 0 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.8 | −7 | |