The Rising Burden Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease In Canada

Findings From The Crohn’s And Colitis Canada 2023 Impact Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease In Canada Report

Authors

  • Ellen Kuenzig, PhD SickKids Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Gilaad Kaplan, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, AGAF, FCAHS Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Eric Benchimol, MD, PhD, FRCPC SickKids Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58931/cibdt.2024.2122

Abstract

The Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease report, produced by the Canadian Gastro-Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (cangiec.ca) for Crohn’s and Colitis Canada is a serial policy report produced every 3–5 years that summarizes the existing literature on the epidemiology, burden, and impact of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Canada and identifies knowledge gaps. Its goal is to inform people living with IBD and their caregivers, donors, physicians, researchers, policy makers, and other stakeholders about the current burden of IBD in Canada. It plays an integral role for Crohn’s and Colitis Canada’s advocacy efforts. In addition, the report informs the research funding policy of the health charity, which is the second largest non-governmental funder of IBD research in the world. The latest iteration of this report was released on June 1, 2023 and is available here. This article summarizes the current epidemiology of IBD in Canada and discusses its implications for clinical care in 2024 and beyond.

Author Biographies

Ellen Kuenzig, PhD, SickKids Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ellen Kuenzig is a Senior Research Associate at the SickKids IBD Centre at The Hospital for Sick Children and the Child Health Evaluative Sciences program at the SickKids Research Institute. Dr. Kuenzig is an epidemiologist and health services researcher. She is a member of Crohn’s and Colitis Canada’s Scientific and Medical Advisory Council and the Scientific Committee of the Canadian Gastro-Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (CanGIEC), which conducts epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, outcomes, and health services research using the health administrative data from multiple provinces.

Gilaad Kaplan, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, AGAF, FCAHS, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Dr. Kaplan is a Professor in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Dr. Kaplan is a gastroenterologist who is internationally renowned for studying the global epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). He is an Associate Editor of Gastroenterology. In 2019, Dr. Kaplan was elected to the International Organization of the study of IBD (IOIBD). Clarivate, Web of Science named Dr. Kaplan a Highly Cited Researcher (2020-2023) in recognition of being in the top one percent of cited researchers. In 2021, Dr. Kaplan received Crohn’s and Colitis Canada’s Research Leader Award and was inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He is a Killam Laureate, receiving the Killam Annual Professor Award in 2022. His research has been widely cited in the news media including Time Magazine, BBC, The New York Times, and Scientific American.

Eric Benchimol, MD, PhD, FRCPC, SickKids Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario, Canada Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Eric Benchimol is the Northbridge Financial Corporation Chair in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and a pediatric gastroenterologist at the SickKids IBD Centre at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He is also a Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine of University of Toronto. Dr. Benchimol is also a Senior Core Scientist at ICES and Senior Scientist at the SickKids Research Institute. He is an epidemiologist, and chairs the Canadian Gastro-Intestinal Epidemiology Consortium (CanGIEC), which conducts epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, outcomes, and health services research using the health administrative data from multiple provinces.

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