“What country is doing the most research in Crohn’s Disease?”

Time again for another Crohnee question we got! This was a very good question, it was a two part question:

1. What country is doing the most research in Crohn’s Disease?
2. How many people have Crohn’s Disease?

What countries do the most research?

The 3 countries that are leading the pack on Crohn’s Disease research are:

• United States
• United Kingdom
• Australia

Following close behind are Canada and some other European countries. However, Crohn’s Disease is showing up much more in US, UK and Australia so these countries expend more research dollars on it as well.

Canada has become more active lately because it is growing rapidly there. We did a post about this - 1 in 300 Have Bowel Disease In Canada… 

How Many People Have Crohn’s Disease?

According to the latest numbers I have seen, Crohn’s Disease has reached about 500,000 people in the U.S. alone. Also, it is estimated that 1 in 300 people in Canada have SOME kind of bowel disease!

Unfortunately it is growing very rapidly so we need to spend much more time and money researching!

7 October 2006 | Crohn's Disease, Crohn's Research | Comments