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. 2001 Jun;13(6):749-50.
doi: 10.1097/00042737-200106000-00024.

Incidence of chronic pancreatitis in the Czech Republic

P Díte  1 , K Starý, I Novotný, M Precechtelová, J Dolina, J Lata, V Zboril
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Incidence of chronic pancreatitis in the Czech Republic

P Díte et al. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2001 Jun.

Abstract

There have been only a few studies dealing with the incidence of chronic pancreatitis published. Over the last 80 years, original studies describing the incidence of chronic pancreatitis were undertaken, including studies in Scandinavia, Switzerland, Hungary and Poland. Incidence varied geographically, from 1.6 new cases per year among 100,000 inhabitants in Switzerland to 23 new cases among 100,000 inhabitants in Finland. The aetiology of 70% of all cases was alcoholic pancreatitis. The incidence of chronic pancreatitis in the Czech Republic is 7.9 per 100,000 inhabitants per year, similar to that of Denmark and Germany, but higher than that of Poland or Switzerland. In our study, the main aetiological factor was alcohol (65.4% of all cases, with consumption of alcohol of > 75.0 g/day).

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