title: Pancreatitis in Natal. An autopsy study.
abstract: A retrospective study of autopsy material at King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, has revealed a 9-fold increase in the incidence of pancreatitis during the past 25 years in Black South Africans. It is suggested that this is the result of changes in drinking habits brought about by the general availability of all forms of alcohol, especially liquor with a high alcoholic content.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012744:Sex Ratio; D013019:South Africa