Abstract
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of the main conditions affecting the lower digestive tract, through colonoscopy, in a clinic in Espírito Santo, between 2013 and 2018. Methods: This is a descriptive and retrospective observational study, where 4,497 digital colonoscope reports were evaluated, carried out between 02/14/2013 and 02/27/2018, emphasizing the variables: age, gender and affection. Results: Of the 4,497 exams analyzed, 1889 (42.00%) were normal, with 71.51% female patients, and 28.49% male patients, aged between 8 and 105 years and a mean of 49.45 ±14.47. Inflammatory bowel disease (7.20%) was prevalent in women, predominantly between 20 and 40 years (P<0.05); Colonic diverticular disease (21.88%), prevalence in women and >80 years (P<0.05); Polyps (14.40%), prevalent in women aged >50 years (P<0.05); Hemorrhoids (18.74%) women, age group (EF) 45 to 65 years (p<0.05). Conclusion: Soon it is noticed that the most affected population is the female, due to greater search of the health system and diseases have a distributed prevalence according to what is found in the literature.