Sköldberg F, et al. - Researchers undertook this observational study to assess the incidence, admission rates and lifetime risks of hospitalization and surgery for diverticular disease. Considering the entire Swedish population as an open cohort, they identified 144,107 hospital admissions for diverticular disease in 95,049 individual patients. Of these, 17,599 were admissions with bowel resection or stoma formation in 16,824 patients. Findings suggest that hospital admission occurs commonly due to diverticular disease, this was especially noted in women. However, rates are stable and the lifetime risk of surgery is low.