Hospital admission for acute pancreatitis in an English population, 1963-98: database study of incidence and mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate trends in the incidence of acute pancreatitis resulting in admission to hospital, and mortality after admission, from 1963 to 1998.

Design

Analysis of hospital inpatient statistics for acute pancreatitis, linked to data from death certificates.

Setting

Southern England.

Subjects

5312 people admitted to hospital with acute pancreatitis.

Main outcome measures

Incidence rates for admission to hospital, case fatality rates at 0-29 and 30-364 days after admission, and standardised mortality ratios at monthly intervals up to one year after admission.

Results

The incidence of acute pancreatitis with admission to hospital increased from 1963-98: age standardised incidence rates were 4.9 per 100,000 population in 1963-74, 7.7 in 1

SUBMITTER: Goldacre MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC428514 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature