Share of Medicare beneficiaries with inflammatory bowel disease in 2018, by ethnicity

In 2018, the prevalence of Crohn's disease was highest among white, non-Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries and lowest among Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic beneficiaries. A similar trend could be found for ulcerative colitis. These diseases are the principle types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This statistic shows the share of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in the United States with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in 2018, by ethnicity.