The epidemiology of primary acute pancreatitis in greater Nottingham: 1969–1983

Acute pancreatitis and the influence of socioeconomic deprivation

“…Longitudinal studies have shown that the incidence is rising 1 -4,6,7,10 -12 . This trend has generally been attributed to increasing proportions of alcoholic AP 1,3,11,13 . Most epidemiological data on AP are based on electronic hospital episode statistics (HES), which lack clinical detail and carry inherent flaws of potentially incomplete case inclusion 14,15 .…”

Medical or health geography? Populations, peoples and places

“…Implicit in both types of research is that identifying spatial patterns or clusters should be used as a ®rst step in hypothesis testing and exploratory analysis. Giggs et al (1988) examined the epidemiology of primary acute pancreatitis in Greater Nottingham. Using two cohorts, one from the beginning of the study period and one from the end of the study period, and taking into account residential moves, they recalculated incidence rates to show that only one location within the city had a signi®cantly high number of cases for both cohorts.…”

Epidemiology of pancreatic diseases in Lüneburg county

“…The incidence rate of acute pancreatitis per 100,000 inhabitants/year differs considerably: comparatively low figures for England (5.4-11.7) [11,13,14], a recent 1-year study showed an incidence of 15.2 [15], and the Netherlands (6.5-15.9) [16,17]; medium high figures for Scotland (9.4-31.8) [18][19][20]; and high figures for Denmark (26.8 and 35.4) [21], the United States of America (49.5 and 79.8) [22], Norway (41.5) [23], and Finland (46.6 and 73.4) [24]. The incidence rate of acute pancreatitis in this study is with 19.74 per 100,000 inhabitants/year more in the middle range.…”