[Incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in the health area of Navalmoral de la Mata (Caceres, Spain) between 2000 and 2009].

Objectives: To determine whether the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has changed in our area and whether it has been influenced by the growing immigrant population.

Population And Methods: From 2000 to 2009, a prospective population-based study was conducted in the population aged over 15 years old and was compared with a study carried out from 1994 to 1998 in the health area of Campo Arañuelo. The distribution of Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC) and age and sex were analyzed and compared with European rates for the standard population, both for the total population and for the local population.