A main diagnostic challenge for GPs is the patient with abdominal pain who is not seriously unwell and for whom the initial investigations and management will be in primary care. This study reports the 1-year cumulative incidence of 35 non-malignant diagnoses and nine intra-abdominal cancers in males and females aged ≥40 years. The most common diagnoses are non-malignant: upper gastrointestinal problems (gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, hiatus hernia, gastritis, oesophagitis, and gastric/duodenal ulcer) in males, and urinary tract infection in females. These results will help inform appropriate testing strategies and the need for specialist referral. |