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Table 3 Aetiological diagnosis and age of patients with first attack acute pancreatitis at index stay 1988 – 2003

From: First attack of acute pancreatitis in Sweden 1988 – 2003: incidence, aetiological classification, procedures and mortality – a register study

 

Number at index stay

Median age

Diagnosis

Men

Women

Total

Men

Women

Total

Biliary *

4693 (19.7)

6943 (35.4)

11636 (26.8)

68 (54–77)

63 (46–76)

65 (50–77)

Alcohol-related **

1691 (7.1)

410 (2.1)

2101 (4.8)

49 (42–57)

49 (43–58)

49 (42–58)

Other

17417 (73.2)

12261 (62.5)

29678 (68.4)

56 (44–70)

64 (47–77)

59 (45–73)

Total

23801 (100)

19614 (100)

43415 (100)

58 (45–72)

63 (46–77)

60 (45–74)

  1. In number at index, percent and in median age, 25–75 percentiles within brackets. * Patients with gallstone disease (N = 10348) constitute 88.5% of all patients with biliary diagnoses. ** Including patients with alcohol related and biliary diagnoses (N = 51)