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Original Article

Volume 9, Number 2, February 2017, pages 117-123

Symptomatic Gallstones in the Young: Changing Trends of the Gallstone Disease-Related Hospitalization in the State of New York: 1996 - 2010

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Age distribution in patients under the age of 20 years with gallstones (GSU20).
Figure 2.
Figure 2. The decreasing proportion of the young among the all-cause hospitalizations in most of NY counties.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. The increasing incidence of gallstone disease in the young (< 20 years), with consistently highest incidence in Bronx County.
Figure 4.
Figure 4. Estimated marginal means of percentage of patients with under the age of 20 years with gallstones for Bronx County versus other counties according to year graph.
Figure 5.
Figure 5. Scatter plot of percentages of people under 20 years of age according to county group of Bronx County vs. other counties according to year of study.

Tables

Table 1. Age-Based Stratification of the Gallstone Admissions Showing an Increase in Proportion of Gallstone Disease in Patients Younger Than 20 Years
 
Year(AD)i(AD-female)i-f(U20)ii(GS)iii(GSF)iii-f(GSU20)iv(GSU20:GS)v
Also refer to study acronyms section. iAD: All discharges irrespective of the age, gender and ICD codes of the discharge diagnoses. i-fAD-female: All female discharges irrespective of the age ICD codes of the discharge diagnoses. iiU20: All discharges among patients younger than 20 years, irrespective of gender and ICD codes of the discharge diagnoses. iiiGS: All patients with a discharge diagnosis of gallstone disease. iii-fGSF: All female patients with a discharge diagnosis of gallstone disease. ivGSU20: All patients younger than 20 years and with a discharge diagnosis of gallstone disease. vPercentage of gallstone disease in the young (no. of patients aged < 20 years with gallstone disease/total no. patients with gallstone disease).
19962,472,5821,420,645177,57242,91130,2458772.04%
19972,436,9531,398,620170,47338,98227,4578222.11%
19982,449,6961,407,077163,52837,51226,3968262.20%
19992,473,3091,417,316165,89435,83324,9517792.17%
20002,549,6541,460,678163,89836,06325,1327812.17%
20012,574,7581,470,400164,07135,59624,3757162.01%
20022,617,2031,493,780160,59835,69124,4707922.22%
20032,696,0491,536,120164,33335,48724,0398632.43%
20042,741,4951,556,981162,85235,50723,8808532.40%
20052,752,2091,554,004161,04335,04123,5838132.32%
20062,771,5791,563,127160,62835,41123,7269602.71%
20072,783,4981,571,481159,56935,03323,19410082.88%
20082,809,3061,581,626154,74534,10022,4769212.70%
20092,822,5371,582,478158,06934,33022,4489982.91%
20102,779,6951,557,397148,47133,61222,1579972.97%

 

Table 2. Contribution of Various Ethnic Groups to All Hospitalizations, All Gallstone Related Admissions and Under the Age 20 Gall Stone Related Admissions
 
YearAll hospitalized patienta in BronxBronx - gallstone admissionBronx - under the age of 20
BlacksHispanicsWhitesOthersBlacksHispanicWhitesOthersBlacksHispanicWhitesOthers
199623%26%17%34%14%34%33%33%22%35%5%39%
199719%21%10%49%10%26%54%54%14%35%0%51%
199818%20%9%53%8%25%59%59%14%26%2%58%
199917%22%10%51%10%26%55%55%10%25%1%64%
200020%21%11%48%11%24%53%53%19%27%2%53%
200121%22%10%47%12%25%53%53%21%28%6%45%
200221%24%11%45%13%25%52%52%13%24%6%57%
200323%31%14%32%16%36%33%33%17%45%1%37%
200424%32%13%31%16%36%33%33%18%42%5%35%
200524%35%13%28%16%41%30%30%18%59%3%21%
200624%39%12%24%15%47%25%25%21%50%4%25%
200728%40%12%20%18%48%21%21%19%57%6%18%
200830%40%13%17%19%51%18%18%23%60%4%12%
200931%39%12%17%21%50%18%18%25%55%3%17%
201031%39%12%18%21%49%20%20%21%63%1%16%