Anticipating implementation of colorectal cancer screening in The Netherlands: a nation wide survey on endoscopic supply and demand

Table 2 Number of endoscopic procedures in The Netherlands in 2004 and 2009; in total and per 100,000 inhabitants*

	Total number 2004	Total number 2009	Change	Endoscopies per 100,000 inhabitants 2004	Endoscopies per 100,000 inhabitants 2009	Change
Gastroscopies	184,915	216,267	+17.0%	1,137	1,312	+15.4%
Colonoscopies	116,815	191,339	+63.8%	719	1,161	+61.4%
Sigmoidoscopies	70,049	57,894	-17.4%	431	351	-18.5%
ERCPs	14,596	16,728	+14.6%	90	101	+12.7%
Others**	22,607	22,998	+1.7%	139	140	+0.4%
Total	408,982	505,226	+23.5%	2,516	3,065	+21.8%

*Dutch population 2004 and 2009: 16,258,032 and 16,485,787 respectively (www.cbs.nl). **Other endoscopic procedures, i.e. placement of duodenal feeding tubes, gastrostomies, paediatric endoscopies, double balloon enteroscopies, endoscopic ultrasound imaging and emergency procedures for haematemesis or haematochezia outside the endoscopic facility.
ERCP Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

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