The incidence and case-fatality rates of acute biliary, alcoholic, and idiopathic pancreatitis in California, 1994-2001.

Objective:To better define the epidemiology of acute pancreatitis in a racially diverse population.Methods:Analysis of all patients hospitalized in California with first-time acute pancreatitis for the period between January 1994 and September 2001. Subtypes were classified based on the presence or