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. 2002 Dec 14;325(7377):1390–1391. doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1390

Table.

Death registrations with staphylococcal ICD-9 codes by year of death. Results are numbers (percentages)

Year of death
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
Total 1993-8
No of certificates with any mention of MRSA 47 (7.5)  88 (11.4) 187 (18.3) 290 (22.8) 377 (26.2) 398 (25.0) 1387 (20.6)
Staphylococcal infection final underlying cause of death 216 (34.3) 249 (32.3) 344 (33.7) 435 (34.2) 483 (33.6) 546 (34.3) 2273 (33.8)
Total deaths with any mention of staphylococcal codes 630 (100) 772 (100) 1020 (100) 1271 (100) 1439 (100) 1591 (100) 6723 (100) 

ICD-9=international classification of diseases, 9th revision. 

MRSA=methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus