Statistics about Acute Pancreatitis

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Acute Pancreatitis:

See also prevalence and incidence page for Acute Pancreatitis

Incidence (annual) of Acute Pancreatitis: 80,000 cases occur in the USA (NIDDK); 17 per 100,000 new cases

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 3,400 or 0.03% or 80,000 people in USA [about data]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Acute Pancreatitis: 80,000 per year, 6,666 per month, 1,538 per week, 219 per day, 9 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 80,000 cases occur in the USA (NIDDK); 17 per 100,000 new cases

Prevalance of Acute Pancreatitis: About 80,000 cases occur in the United States each year; some 20 percent of them are severe. (Source: excerpt from Pancreatitis: NIDDK)

Incidence of Acute Pancreatitis: 17 new cases per 100,000 people (1976-88) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)

Society statistics for Acute Pancreatitis

Hospitalization statistics for Acute Pancreatitis:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Acute Pancreatitis:

• 0.14% (18,109) of hospital consultant episodes were for acute pancreatitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 74% of hospital consultant episodes for acute pancreatitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 62% of hospital consultant episodes for acute pancreatitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 38% of hospital consultant episodes for acute pancreatitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 90% of hospital consultant episodes for acute pancreatitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 10 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for acute pancreatitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 6 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for acute pancreatitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 55 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for acute pancreatitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 54% of hospital consultant episodes for acute pancreatitis occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 20% of hospital consultant episodes for acute pancreatitis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 2% of hospital consultant episodes for acute pancreatitis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.25% (129,284) of hospital bed days were for acute pancreatitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

  Hospitalizations for Acute Pancreatitis: Acute: 125,000 (1987) (Source: excerpt from Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)

About statistics:

This page presents a variety of statistics about Acute Pancreatitis. The term 'prevalence' of Acute Pancreatitis usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Acute Pancreatitis at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Acute Pancreatitis refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Acute Pancreatitis diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.