Age-sex standardised elective and emergency hospital admission rates* for Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) 2003/2004–2012/2013 and surgical admission as a proportion of all inflammatory bowel disease admissions
| 2003/ 2004 | 2004/ 2005 | 2005/ 2006 | 2006/ 2007 | 2007/ 2008 | 2008/ 2009 | 2009/ 2010 | 2010/ 2011 | 2011/ 2012 | 2012/ 2013 | P values trend | |
| CD | |||||||||||
| Emergency (total) | 36.9 | 39.8 | 44.6 | 46.2 | 48.2 | 52.4 | 58 | 62.4 | 62.7 | 65.2 | <0.001 |
| Medical | 34.5 | 37.4 | 42 | 43.9 | 45.8 | 49.9 | 55.4 | 59.8 | 60.1 | 62.6 | <0.001 |
| Surgical | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.006 |
| % Surgical | 6.5 | 6 | 5.8 | 5 | 5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4 | 0.001 |
| Elective (total) | 39.6 | 43.3 | 53.5 | 64.5 | 74.6 | 86.3 | 99.4 | 113.2 | 125.5 | 137.7 | <0.001 |
| Medical | 34.8 | 38.5 | 48.5 | 59.4 | 69.2 | 80.6 | 93.6 | 107.2 | 119.2 | 131.5 | <0.001 |
| Surgical | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6 | 6.3 | 6.2 | <0.001 |
| % Surgical | 12.1 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5 | 4.5 | <0.001 |
| UC | |||||||||||
| Emergency (total) | 26.0 | 28.4 | 32.1 | 33 | 35.1 | 38.3 | 41.4 | 45.8 | 45.7 | 49.6 | <0.001 |
| Medical | 24.8 | 27.1 | 30.8 | 31.8 | 33.9 | 37 | 40.2 | 44.5 | 44.4 | 48.5 | <0.001 |
| Surgical | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.146 |
| % Surgical | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 | <0.001 |
| Elective (total) | 43.5 | 44.1 | 50.8 | 57.9 | 64.3 | 71.7 | 76.2 | 86.3 | 92.4 | 99.9 | <0.001 |
| Medical | 40.1 | 40.8 | 47.2 | 54.7 | 60.8 | 68 | 72.5 | 82.4 | 88.6 | 96.3 | <0.001 |
| Surgical | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 0.01 |
| % Surgical | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 | <0.001 |
*Rates per 100 000 population were calculated by dividing the number of admissions by mid-year population estimates for England obtained from the Office for National Statistics.