Table 1.
Mortality following acute pancreatitis, according to aetiology, age group and sex, 1999 to 2010
| All cases of acute pancreatitis | Gallstone aetiology | Alcohol aetiology | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group | No. of cases* | No. of deaths (30 days) | No. of deaths (60 days) | Mortality rate (%) | (95% CI) | No. of cases | No. of deaths (30 days) | No. of deaths (60 days) | Mortality rate (%) | (95% CI) | No. of cases | No. of deaths (30 days) | No. of deaths (60 days) | Mortality rate (%) | (95% CI) |
| Men | |||||||||||||||
| <35 | 844 | 7 | 8 | 1.0 | (0.4,1.9) | 71 | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | (0.0,7.6) | 435 | 2 | 3 | 0.7 | (0.1,2.0) |
| 35-44 | 958 | 12 | 16 | 1.7 | (1.0,2.7) | 134 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | (0.0,4.1) | 583 | 10 | 13 | 2.2 | (1.2,3.8) |
| 45-54 | 995 | 22 | 33 | 3.3 | (2.3,4.6) | 224 | 3 | 5 | 2.2 | (0.7,5.1) | 431 | 12 | 16 | 3.7 | (2.1,6.0) |
| 55-64 | 965 | 36 | 44 | 4.6 | (3.3,6.1) | 340 | 10 | 12 | 3.5 | (1.8,6.1) | 250 | 11 | 13 | 5.2 | (2.8,8.7) |
| 65-74 | 898 | 60 | 70 | 7.8 | (6.1,9.7) | 353 | 17 | 20 | 5.7 | (3.5,8.6) | 70 | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | (0.0,7.7) |
| 75+ | 925 | 123 | 154 | 16.6 | (14.3,19.2) | 426 | 43 | 58 | 13.6 | (10.5,17.2) | 40 | 5 | 5 | 12.5 | (4.2,26.8) |
| All ages | 5585 | 260 | 325 | 5.8 | (5.2,6.5) | 1548 | 75 | 97 | 6.3 | (5.1,7.6) | 1809 | 41 | 51 | 2.8 | (2.1,3.7) |
| Women | |||||||||||||||
| <35 | 763 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | (0.0,0.7) | 389 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | (0.0,1.4) | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0.0,2.9) |
| 35-44 | 563 | 2 | 4 | 0.7 | (0.2,1.8) | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | (0.0,1.7) | 157 | 1 | 2 | 1.3 | (0.2,4.5) |
| 45-54 | 692 | 12 | 13 | 1.9 | (1.0,3.2) | 313 | 2 | 2 | 0.6 | (0.1,2.3) | 144 | 6 | 6 | 4.2 | (1.5,8.8) |
| 55-64 | 867 | 26 | 38 | 4.4 | (3.1,6.0) | 404 | 5 | 9 | 2.2 | (1.0,4.2) | 55 | 5 | 7 | 12.7 | (5.3,24.5) |
| 65-74 | 802 | 61 | 72 | 9.0 | (7.1,11.2) | 409 | 14 | 23 | 5.6 | (3.6,8.3) | 23 | 2 | 3 | 13.0 | (2.8,33.6) |
| 75+ | 1316 | 198 | 222 | 16.9 | (14.9,19.0) | 625 | 55 | 69 | 11.0 | (8.7,13.8) | 14 | 3 | 3 | 21.4 | (4.7,50.8) |
| All ages | 5003 | 300 | 350 | 7.0 | (6.3,7.7) | 2355 | 77 | 104 | 4.4 | (3.6,5.3) | 518 | 17 | 21 | 4.1 | (2.5,6.1) |
| All patients | 10 589 | 560 | 675 | 6.4 | (5.9,6.9) | 3903 | 152 | 201 | 5.1 | (4.5,5.9) | 2327 | 58 | 72 | 3.1 | (2.4,3.9) |
Notes.
* The sex of one of the 10 589 patients was not recorded.