Table 1 Emergency Department Visits for Acute Pancreatitis in the U.S. by Patient and Hospital Characteristics; 1993–2003.
From: National study of United States emergency department visits for acute pancreatitis, 1993–2003
n | Cumulative Number of Visits | 95% Confidence Interval | Average Annual Visit Rate per 10,000 US Population | 95% Confidence Interval | Average Annual Visit Rate per 10,000 ED Visits | 95% Confidence Interval | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall (acute pancreatitis in any diagnostic position, without exclusions) | 649 | 2,235,000 | 1,983,000 | 2,487,000 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 20.2 | 18.0 | 22.0 |
Overall (after imposing exclusion criteria) | 595 | 2,052,000 | 1,821,000 | 2,282,000 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 18.5 | 16.4 | 20.6 |
Age Group (years) | ||||||||||
<10 | 8 | nc* | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc |
10–19 | 10 | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc |
20–29 | 69 | 234,000 | 167,000 | 300,000 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 6.6 | 12.6 | 9.0 | 16.2 |
30–39 | 104 | 288,000 | 220,000 | 355,000 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 16.7 | 12.8 | 10.7 |
40–49 | 153 | 508,000 | 402,000 | 615,000 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 12.8 | 37.4 | 29.5 | 45.2 |
50–59 | 92 | 346,000 | 251,000 | 441,000 | 10.3 | 7.5 | 13.1 | 39.4 | 28.6 | 50.2 |
60–69 | 76 | 269,000 | 189,000 | 349,000 | 11.0 | 7.7 | 14.3 | 40.1 | 28.2 | 52.1 |
70–79 | 48 | 212,000 | 135,000 | 289,000 | 11.2 | 7.1 | 15.3 | 30.7 | 19.5 | 41.8 |
80+ | 35 | 136,000 | 80,000 | 192,000 | 13.0 | 7.7 | 18.4 | 22.0 | 12.9 | 31.1 |
Sex | ||||||||||
Female | 265 | 954,000 | 797,000 | 1,110,000 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 16.3 | 13.6 | 18.9 |
Male | 330 | 1,098,000 | 945,000 | 1,251,000 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 7.6 | 21.0 | 15.3 | 21.3 |
Race | ||||||||||
White | 407 | 1,424,000 | 1,225,000 | 1,624,000 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 16.8 | 14.5 | 19.2 |
Black | 164 | 559,000 | 453,000 | 666,000 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 17.5 | 24.0 | 19.4 | 28.6 |
Other | 24 | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc | nc |
Ethnicity† | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 64 | 198,000 | 130,000 | 266,000 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 7.6 | 20.8 | 13.7 | 28.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 419 | 1,484,000 | 1,286,000 | 1,683,000 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 21.2 | 18.4 | 24.0 |
U.S. Region | ||||||||||
Northeast | 145 | 414,000 | 306,000 | 521,000 | 7.2 | 5.3 | 9.0 | 19.0 | 14.1 | 23.9 |
Midwest | 122 | 441,000 | 343,000 | 539,000 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 7.8 | 15.6 | 12.2 | 19.1 |
South | 187 | 740,000 | 613,000 | 866,000 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 8.2 | 18.1 | 15.0 | 21.2 |
West | 141 | 458,000 | 331,000 | 584,000 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 8.7 | 23.0 | 16.6 | 29.3 |
Metropolitan Status | ||||||||||
Metropolitan | 526 | 1,692,000 | 1,466,000 | 1,917,000 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 19.5 | 16.9 | 22.1 |
Non-metropolitan | 69 | 360,000 | 228,000 | 492,000 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 8.0 | 15.0 | 9.5 | 20.5 |