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. 2014 Aug 28;14:153. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-14-153

Table 3.

Gallstone and alcoholic acute pancreatitis: numbers of cases, deaths and mortality rates according to factors, 1999 to 2010

Gallstone acute pancreatitis Alcoholic acute pancreatitis
Factor No. of cases No. of deaths Mortality rate (60 days) Adjusted 60 day mortality odds ratio † (95% CI) No. of cases No. of deaths Mortality rate (60 days) Adjusted 60 day mortality odds ratio † (95% CI)
30 days 60 days 30 days 60 days
All cases 3903 152 201 5.2% 2327 58 72 3.1%
Age group:
  <35 460 2 2 0.4% 560 2 3 0.5%
  35-44 349 1 1 0.3% 674 11 15 2.2%
  45-54 537 5 7 1.3% 575 18 22 3.8%
  55-64 745 15 21 2.8% 305 16 20 6.6%
  65-74 763 31 43 5.6% 93 3 4 4.3%
  75-84 727 55 77 10.6% 45 5 5 11.1%
  85+ 324 43 50 15.4% 9 3 3 33.3%
Sex:
  Men 1548 75 97 6.3% 1.00 Ref 1809 41 51 2.8% 1.00 Ref
  Women 2355 77 104 4.4% 0.72 (0.53,0.97)* 518 17 21 4.1% 1.46 (0.86, 2.48)
Social deprivation:
  I (least deprived) 673 24 34 5.1% 1.00 Ref 245 6 7 2.9% 1.00 Ref
  II 746 24 29 3.9% 0.76 (0.45, 1.27) 273 9 11 4.0% 1.74 (0.65, 4.69)
  III 824 31 43 5.2% 1.08 (0.67, 1.73) 359 13 13 3.6% 1.61 (0.61, 4.40)
  IV 768 37 49 6.4% 1.43 (0.90, 2.27) 571 19 23 4.0% 1.80 (0.78, 4.64)
  V (most deprived) 894 36 46 5.1% 1.34 (0.84, 2.14) 879 11 18 2.0% 0.95 (0.38, 2.57)
Size of hospital:
  Small hospitals 612 20 26 4.3% 1.00 Ref 240 3 5 2.1% 1.00 Ref
  Medium hospitals 1588 59 75 4.7% 1.27 (0.80, 2.02) 942 27 32 3.4% 1.67 (0.63, 4.18)
  Large hospitals 1419 65 86 6.1% 1.69 (1.07, 2.67)* 1029 26 31 3.0% 1.39 (0.53, 3.66)
Other hospitals 39 1 3 7.7% 1.13 (0.32, 3.97) 14 0 1 7.1% 1.74 (0.17, 18.2)
Week day of admission:
  Weekday 2860 116 153 5.3% 1.00 Ref 1226 41 52 4.2% 1.00 Ref
  Weekend 963 34 45 4.7% 0.83 (0.59, 1.18) 535 15 16 3.0% 0.89 (0.50, 1.60)
  Public holiday 82 2 3 3.7% 0.73 (0.22, 2.40) 66 2 4 6.1% 1.84 (0.62, 5.47)
Month of admission:
Except in August 3555 141 183 5.1% 1.00 Ref 2103 49 60 2.9% 1.00 Ref
  August 348 11 18 5.2% 1.15 (0.69, 1.92) 224 9 12 5.4% 1.87 (0.96, 3.63)
Except in August –Sept 3258 131 168 5.2% 1.00 Ref 1911 40 51 2.7% 1.00 Ref
  August – Sept 645 21 33 5.1% 1.07 ( 0.72, 1.59) 416 18 21 5.0% 1.93 (1.13,3.03)*
Except in August-October 2905 121 157 5.4% 1.00 Ref 1707 31 41 2.4% 1.00 Ref
  August – October 998 31 44 4.4% 0.84 (0.59, 1.19) 620 27 31 5.0% 2.02 (1.23,3.29)*
First European Working Time directive (Aug 2004)
Admitted Aug 01 – July 04 797 34 42 5.3% 1.00 Ref 479 8 13 2.7% 1.00 Ref
Admitted Aug 2004 27 1 3 11.1% 3.68 (0.93, 14.6) 27 2 2 7.4% 7.49 (1.25,44.8)* *
Admitted Aug – Sept 04 46 2 4 8.7% 1.76 (0.56, 5.51) 38 2 2 5.3% 3.91 (0.70, 22.1)
Admitted Aug – Oct 04 66 4 6 9.1% 1.90 (0.73, 4.96) 51 2 2 3.9% 2.80 (0.52, 15.0)
Admitted Aug 04 – July 05 304 10 16 5.3% 1.11 (0.60, 2.06) 182 6 6 3.3% 1.77 (0.61, 5.19)
Second European Working Time directive (Aug 2009)
Admitted Aug 06 – Jul 09 1154 49 65 5.6% 1.00 Ref 711 14 18 2.5% 1.00 Ref
Admitted Aug 2009 27 0 0 0% 23 0 0 0%
Admitted Aug – Sept 09 66 0 1 1.5% 0.26 (0.04, 1.95) 40 0 0 0%
Admitted Aug – Oct 09 105 1 2 1.9% 0.33 (0.08, 1.41) 67 1 1 1.5% 0.46 (0.06, 3.70)
Admitted Aug 09 – July 10 426 14 20 4.7% 0.81 (0.48, 1.37) 281 5 7 1.8% 0.92 (0.37, 2.30)

Notes.

† The odds ratio for sex is adjusted for age group. The odds ratios for all other factors are adjusted for age group and sex.

* Denotes significance at the 5% level. Significant p values for gallstone acute pancreatitis are as follows: women = 0.032; large hospitals = 0.025.

** Denotes significance at the 1% level.

Significant p values for alcoholic acute pancreatitis are as follows: August - Sept = 0.017; August - October = 0.004; Admitted Aug 2004 = 0.027.

Ref = Reference category.