Table 1

Distribution of patients and person years by sex and selected characteristics

AlcoholismAlcoholic chronic pancreatitisNon-alcoholic chronic pancreatitisAlcoholic liver cirrhosisNon-alcoholic liver cirrhosis
No of patients 178 688 3500 495213 553 7057
    Males 142 727 2976 303310 292 3369
    Females 35 961 524 1919 3261 3688
Total person years of follow up1 789 69329 08939 70767 60743 460
Person years at 1st year of follow up 173 483 3345 454511 128 6043
Average age at entry (y) 44.4 46.5 56.2 55.9 58.3
Average follow up (y) 10.2 8.3 8.0 5.0 6.2
Total No of pancreatic cancers 329 18 253 39 23
No of pancreatic cancers during 1st year of follow up 24 11 179 12 12
Average age at diagnosis of pancreatic cancer after 1st year of follow up (y) 64.1 58.0 64.6 66.9 70.0