Table 2.

Univariate analyses of in-patient mortality for total pancreatectomy, Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) 1998–2006

	Weighted number	Mortality rate (%)	P-value
Total (n= 813)	340	8.5
Age (years)			<0.05
<50	52	4.8
50–69	153	8.2
>70	135	12.6
Gender			0.22
Male	169	8.0
Female	171	9.1
Race			0.15
White	194	8.2
Non-White	54	7.5
Other	92	10
Insurance status			<0.0001
Medicare	174	10.9
Private/HMO	108	5.9
Medicaid/self-pay/other	58	9.9
Teaching status			0.37
Teaching	255	8.3
Non-teaching	85	9.2
Hospital volume			<0.01
<five resections/year	312	9.0
≥five resections/year	28	5.2
Year			<0.01
98–00	154	12.4
01–03	103	7.6
04–06	83	5.9
Charlson score			<0.01
0	55	6.1
1	51	10.4
2	59	7.4
3 or more	175	9.7
Indication			0.80
Neoplastic disease	229	8.4
Benign disease	111	8.7