The Incidence and Case-fatality Rates of Acute Biliary, Alcoholic, and Idiopathic Pancreatitis in California, 1994-2001

Abstract

The incidence rate of acute pancreatitis rose for the period between 1994 and 2001. However, there was no reduction in the 14- or 91-day case-fatality rate. Further research is needed to explain both the rise in the incidence rate of pancreatitis and the absence of any improvement in the early case-fatality rate.