Geographic Association Between Incidence of Acute Appendicitis and Socioeconomic Status.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Some studies based on proportions of patients with perforated appendicitis (PA) among all patients with acute appendicitis (AA) have found an association between socioeconomic status (SES) and risk of perforation. A potential limitation is their use of proportions, which assumes that incidence of AA is evenly distributed across populations at risk. This assumption may be invalid, and SES may have a more complex association with both AA and PA.

Objective

To generate population-based incidences of AA and PA and to examine geographic patterns of incidence alongside geographic patterns of SES.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective study of data from Washington's Comprehensive Hospital Abstract Reporting System and the 2010 US census. Geographic method

SUBMITTER: Golz RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7057178 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature