Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of the 14 212 patients hospitalised with upper GI bleeding according to aetiology/main diagnoses.
| Age of patient | Sex of patient | Social deprivation | ||||||
| Aetiology/main diagnoses * | No. of patients | (% of cases) | Mean age (years) | (95% CI) | % men | (95% CI) | % of patients in the two most deprived quintiles (40% of people) | (95% CI) |
| Mallory-Weiss tear | 894 | (6.3%) | 47.5 | (46.1, 48.9) | 64.1% | (60.9%, 67.3%) | 51.1% | (47.8%, 54.4%) |
| Varices – oesophageal | 329 | (2.3%) | 58.9 | (57.3, 60.5) | 65.7% | (60.3%, 70.8%) | 48.9% | (43.4%, 54.4%) |
| – gastric | 30 | (0.2%) | 62.3 | (56.4, 68.2) | 66.7% | (47.0%, 83.0%) | 53.3% | (34.3%, 72.3%) |
| – overall | 359 | (2.5%) | 59.2 | (57.8, 60.6) | 65.8% | (61.1%, 70.2%) | 49.3% | (44.5%, 54.1%) |
| Ulcer – duodenal | 1664 | (11.7%) | 63.5 | (62.8, 64.3) | 63.8% | (61.4%, 66.1%) | 44.5% | (42.1%, 46.9%) |
| – gastric | 1578 | (11.1%) | 63.4 | (62.4, 64.4) | 54.5% | (52.0%, 57.0%) | 46.8% | (44.3%, 49.3%) |
| – peptic, unspecified | 192 | (1.4%) | 70.3 | (68.0, 72.6) | 53.5% | (46.2%, 60.7%) | 46.9% | (39.7%, 54.1%) |
| – gastrojejunal | 23 | (0.2%) | 71.0 | (61.3, 80.7) | 60.9% | (38.4%, 80.7%) | 34.8% | (16.4%, 53.2%) |
| Malignancy – oesophageal | 55 | (0.4%) | 70.1 | (65.6, 74.6) | 63.6% | (49.5%, 76.2%) | 30.9% | (19.1%, 42.7%) |
| – gastric/duodenal | 92 | (0.6%) | 75.1 | (71.7, 78.5) | 69.6% | (59.1%, 78.8%) | 50.0% | (39.4%, 60.6%) |
| – all upper GI | 147 | (1.0%) | 73.2 | (71.2, 75.3) | 67.4% | (61.1%, 72.9%) | 42.9% | (36.9%, 48.8%) |
| Oesophagitis | 1381 | (9.7%) | 65.8 | (64.8, 66.8) | 60.5% | (57.9%, 63.1%) | 44.9% | (42.3%, 47.5%) |
| Gastritis & duodenitis | 1988 | (14.0%) | 64.7 | (63.9, 65.5) | 59.5% | (57.3%, 61.7%) | 47.4% | (45.2%, 49.6%) |
| Other specific diseases of stomach & duodenum, including gastric antral vascular ectasia | 148 | (1.0%) | 71.4 | (69.4, 73.4) | 48.6% | (40.3%, 57.0%) | 42.6% | (34.5%, 50.7%) |
| Complications of anti-coagulants | 101 | (0.7%) | 74.1 | (71.8, 76.2) | 48.5% | (38.4%, 58.7%) | 46.5% | (36.5%, 56.5%) |
| Complications of analgesics, antipyretics & anti-inflammatory drugs (AAAs) | 405 | (2.8%) | 70.9 | (69.2, 72.6) | 48.9% | (43.9%, 53.9%) | 38.8% | (34.0%, 43.6%) |
| Other & unspecified aetiologies | 6354 | (44.7%) | 65.2 | (64.7, 65.7) | 58.7% | (57.7%, 59.9%) | 46.1% | (44.9%, 47.4%) |
| All cases | 14 212 | (100%) | 64.1 | (63.8, 64.4) | 53.5% | (52.7%, 54.3%) | 48.0% | (47.2%, 48.8%) |
Notes
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The ICD-10 codes used for the aetiology/main diagnoses were as follows:
Mallory-Weiss tear (K22.6), varices – oesophageal (I85), varices – gastric (I86.4), ulcer – duodenal (K26), ulcer – gastric (K25), ulcer – peptic, unspecified (K27), ulcer – gastrojejunal (K28), malignancy – oesophageal (C15), malignancy – gastric/duodenal (C16, C17.0), oesophagitis (K20, K21.1, K22.1), gastritis & duodenitis (K29), other specific diseases of stomach & duodenum, including gastric antral vascular ectasia (K31.8), complications of anti-coagulants (Y44.2), complications of analgesics, antipyretics & anti-inflammatory drugs (Y45).