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| Title |
Epidemiology and socioeconomic features of appendicitis in Taiwan: a 12-year population-based study
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| Published in |
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13017-015-0036-3 |
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| Authors |
Kai-Biao Lin, K. Robert Lai, Nan-Ping Yang, Chien-Lung Chan, Yuan-Hung Liu, Ren-Hao Pan, Chien-Hsun Huang |
| Abstract |
This paper presents an epidemiologic study of appendicitis in Taiwan over a twelve-year period. An analysis of the incidence in the low-income population (LIP) is included to explore the effects of lower socioeconomic status on appendicitis. We analyzed the epidemiological features of appendicitis in Taiwan using data from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) from 2000 to 2011. All cases diagnosed as appendicitis were enrolled. The overall incidences of appendicitis, primary appendectomy, and perforated appendicitis were 107.76, 101.58, and 27.20 per 100,000 per year, respectively. The highest incidence of appendicitis was found in persons aged 15 to 29 years; males had higher rates of appendicitis than females at all ages except for 70 years and older. Appendicitis rates were 11.76 % higher in the summer than in the winter months. A multilevel analysis with hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) revealed that male patients, younger patients (aged ≤14 years), and elderly patients (aged ≥60 years) had a higher risk of perforated appendicitis; among adults, the incidence increased with age. Moreover, the risk of perforation was higher in patients with one or more comorbidities. LIP patients comprised 1.25 % of the total number of patients with appendicitis from 2000 to 2011. The overall incidence of appendicitis was 34.99 % higher in the LIP than in the normal population (NP), and the incidence of perforated appendicitis was 40.40 % higher in the LIP than in the NP. After multivariate adjustment, the adjusted hospital costs and length of hospital stay (LOS) for the LIP patients were higher than those for the NP patients. Appendicitis and appendectomy in Taiwan had similar overall incidences, seasonality patterns, and declining trends compared to numerous previous studies. Compared to NP patients, LIP patients had a higher risk of appendicitis, longer LOS and higher hospital costs as a result of appendectomy. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Scientists | 1 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 100 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 17% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 13% |
| Researcher | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 17 | 17% |
| Unknown | 26 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 52 | 52% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 2% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 6% |
| Unknown | 29 | 29% |
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