Figure A

Figure B

Table A

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Figure A �Annual trends in age standardised hospital admission rates for acute pancreatitis per 100 000 population, in men and women, 1963-98 (shown as three-year moving averages).

Figure B Annual trends in age standardised case fatality rates per 100 patients admitted for acute pancreatitis, in men and women, 1963-98 (shown as three-year moving averages).�

Table A �Age specific and age standardised case fatality rates per 100 patients (CFRs) at 0-29 and 30-364 days after admission for acute pancreatitis, 1963-74, 1975-86 and 1987-98

Age group	1963-74						�	1975-86							�	1987-98
	No. of admissions	No. of deaths		CFR		(95% CI)		No. of admissions	No. of deaths		CFR		(95% CI)			No. of admissions		No. of deaths		CFR		(95% CI)
Standardised case fatality rates at 0-29 days:						�	�	�	�		�		�		�	�		�		�		�
Men	�	�		�		�	�	�	�		�		�		�	�		�		�		�
<35	18	1		4.9		(0.0, 14.5)	�	174	6		3.3		(0.7, 5.9)		�	299		3		0.9		(0.0, 1.9)
35-44	27	1		3.6		(0.0, 10.5)	�	126	2		1.7		(0.0, 4.1)		�	295		6		2.0		(0.4, 3.7)
45-54	41	5		12.1		(1.3, 23.0)	�	177	5		2.8		(0.3, 5.3)		�	284		11		3.9		(1.6, 6.2)
55-64	43	4		9.7		(0.0, 19.4)	�	176	11		6.3		(2.6, 10.0)		�	251		13		5.3		(2.4, 8.2)
65-74	34	8		23.6		(7.2, 39.9)	�	199	19		9.4		(5.2, 13.7)		�	253		21		8.3		(4.7, 11.9)
75+	28	11		51.4		(0.3, 100)	�	131	18		13.8		(7.4, 20.2)		�	214		46		22.3		(15.7, 29.0)
All ages	191	30		19.5		(8.3, 30.7)	�	983	61		6.8		(5.0, 8.6)		�	1596		100		8.0		(6.3, 9.6)
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Women	�	�		�		�	�	�	�		�		�		�	�		�		�		�
<35	18	0		0.0		(0.0, 0.0)	�	128	2		1.0		(0.0, 2.5)		�	219		4		1.8		(0.0, 3.5)
35-44	18	0		0.0		(0.0, 0.0)	�	81	0		0.0		(0.0, 0.0)		�	162		2		1.2		(0.0, 3.0)
45-54	20	0		0.0		(0.0, 0.0)	�	89	1		1.3		(0.0, 3.7)		�	185		3		1.6		(0.0, 3.5)
55-64	49	4		8.6		(0.0, 17.2)	�	157	9		5.7		(2.0, 9.4)		�	194		8		4.1		(1.3, 7.0.)
65-74	50	7		13.5		(3.5, 23.6)	�	208	19		9.1		(5.0, 13.2)		�	250		14		5.6		(2.7, 8.6)
75+	46	14		29.6		(14.1, 45.2)	�	285	64		22.1		(16.7, 27.5)		�	373		62		16.1		(12.1, 20.1)
All ages	201	25		10.0		(6.0, 13.9)	�	948	95		7.5		(5.9, 9.0)		�	1383		93		5.7		(4.5, 6.9)
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Standardised case fatality rates at 30-364 days:						�	�	�	�		�		�		�	�		�		�		�
Men
<35	18	1	4.9		(0.0, 14.5)			174		3		1.6		(0.0, 3.4)			299		3		0.9	(0.0, 1.9)
35-44	27	0	0.0		(0.0, 0.0)			126		0		0.0		(0.0, 0.0)			295		7		2.4	(0.6, 4.2)
45-54	41	1	2.0		(0.0, 5.9)			177		2		1.1		(0.0, 2.7)			284		11		3.8	(1.6, 6.1)
55-64	43	2	4.8		(0.0, 11.7)			176		11		6.0		(2.5, 9.6)			251		13		5.0	(2.3, 7.8)
65-74	34	2	5.9		(0.0, 14.1)			199		24		12.0		(7.1, 16.7)			253		18		7.1	(3.8, 10.3)
75+	28	4	11.1		(0.2, 22.1)			131		12		9.4		(4.0, 14.7)			214		20		9.2	(5.1, 13.4)
All ages	191	10	5.3		(1.9, 8.6)			983		52		5.6		(4.0, 7.1)			1596		72		5.1	(3.8, 6.3)

Women
<35	18	0	0.0		(0.0, 0.0)			128		1		0.6		(0.0, 1.8)			219		1		0.5	(0.0, 1.4)
35-44	18	1	4.6		(0.0, 13.5)			81		1		1.2		(0.0, 3.5)			162		3		1.9	(0.0, 4.1)
45-54	20	0	0.0		(0.0, 0.0)			89		4		4.8		(0.1, 9.5)			185		3		1.6	(0.0, 3.3)
55-64	49	3	6.0		(0.0, 13.0)			157		5		3.1		(0.4, 5.8)			194		10		5.2	(2.0, 8.4)
65-74	50	5	10.7		(1.3, 20.0)			208		11		5.3		(2.2, 8.4)			250		15		5.9	(2.9, 9.0)
75+	46	5	10.6		(1.3, 19.8)			285		31		10.9		(7.0, 14.7)			373		42		11.0	(7.6, 14.4)
All ages	201	14	5.7		(2.7, 8.8)			948		53		4.7		(3.3, 6.0)			1383		74		4.8	(3.6, 5.9)