Table 1.

Annual deaths in hospital and standardized mortality rates (HSMR, 95% confidence interval) for 1996-2005

Trend (Calendar Year)	Spells	%	Deaths	%	Expected	%	HSMR RR	Low	High	O-E	O-E change
1996	18196	7%	953	5.20%	948	5.20%	100.5	94.2	107.1	5
1997	24265	9.40%	1264	5.20%	1298.6	5.40%	97.3	92	102.9	−34.6	39.6
1998	24577	9.50%	1271	5.20%	1367.1	5.60%	93	87.9	98.2	−96.1	101.1
1999	25407	9.80%	1354	5.30%	1374.9	5.40%	98.5	93.3	103.9	−20.9	25.9
2000	25130	9.70%	1320	5.30%	1360.2	5.40%	97	91.9	102.4	−40.2	45.2
2001	25880	10%	1266	4.90%	1338.9	5.20%	94.6	89.4	99.9	−72.9	77.9
2002	27302	10.60%	1279	4.70%	1395.5	5.10%	91.7	86.7	96.8	−116.5	121.5
2003	27780	10.70%	1228	4.40%	1416.6	5.10%	86.7	81.9	91.7	−188.6	193.6
2004	29615	11.50%	1190	4%	1434.6	4.90%	82.9	78.3	87.8	−244.6	249.6
2005	30217	11.70%	1153	3.80%	1488.4	4.90%	77.5	73.1	82.1	−335.4	340.4