Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics
| All | Women | Men | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
All patients |
829 |
483 |
346 |
| Age - median, interquartile range (range) |
32, 25–47 (16–97) |
31, 24–47 (16–97) |
33, 26–47 (16–83) |
| Operative treatment |
506 (61.0%) |
272 (56.3%) |
234 (67.6%) |
|
Patients with appendicitis |
392 (47.3) |
185 (38.3) |
207 (59.8) |
| Complicated appendicitis |
94 (24.0) |
50 (27.0) |
44 (21.3) |
|
Non-appendicitis patients |
437 (52.7) |
298 (61.7) |
139 (40.1) |
| Operated on for suspected appendicitis |
88 |
67 |
21 |
| Therapeutic operation* |
8 (1.8) |
7 (2.3) |
1 (0.7) |
| Operated on for other indications |
29 (6.6) |
21 (7.0) |
8 (5.8) |
| Non-operative management | 320 (73.2) | 210 (70.5) | 110 (79.1) |
*Other diagnosis than acute appendicitis in histopathological examination e.g. tumor of the removed appendix.