Table 3.
Aetiological diagnosis and age of patients with first attack acute pancreatitis at index stay 1988 – 2003
| Number at index stay | Median age | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total |
| Biliary * | 4693 (19.7) | 6943 (35.4) | 11636 (26.8) | 68 (54–77) | 63 (46–76) | 65 (50–77) |
| Alcohol-related ** | 1691 (7.1) | 410 (2.1) | 2101 (4.8) | 49 (42–57) | 49 (43–58) | 49 (42–58) |
| Other | 17417 (73.2) | 12261 (62.5) | 29678 (68.4) | 56 (44–70) | 64 (47–77) | 59 (45–73) |
| Total | 23801 (100) | 19614 (100) | 43415 (100) | 58 (45–72) | 63 (46–77) | 60 (45–74) |
In number at index, percent and in median age, 25–75 percentiles within brackets. * Patients with gallstone disease (N = 10348) constitute 88.5% of all patients with biliary diagnoses. ** Including patients with alcohol related and biliary diagnoses (N = 51)