Table 2.
Number of hospital admissions for different subtypes of cirrhosis of the liver as the principal diagnosis, number of deaths, and standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) at 30 days and at 30–364 days after hospital admission, 1968–98
| Principal diagnosis at admission | No of hospital admissions | 30 day follow up | 30–364 day follow up | One year follow up | ||||||
| No of deaths | SMR | (95% CI) | No of deaths | SMR | (95% CI) | No of deaths | SMR | (95% CI) | ||
| Alcoholic liver cirrhoses | 2802 | 317 | 108 | (96.6, 121) | 458 | 16.8 | (15.3, 18.4) | 775 | 22.1 | (20.6, 23.7) |
| Alcoholic hepatitis* | 388 | 20 | 80.6 | (49.2, 120) | 39 | 15.7 | (11.1, 21.0) | 59 | 19.8 | (15.1, 25.1) |
| Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver* | 669 | 113 | 145 | (120, 174) | 143 | 22.0 | (18.5, 25.8) | 256 | 27.4 | (24.1, 30.8) |
| Other and unspecified alcoholic liver cirrhosis and disease* | 1383 | 146 | 102 | (86.2, 120) | 217 | 16.4 | (14.3, 18.7) | 363 | 21.5 | (19.3, 23.7) |
| Non-alcoholic liver cirrhoses | 2041 | 256 | 66.4 | (58.5, 74.8) | 392 | 12.0 | (10.8, 13.2) | 648 | 14.0 | (12.9, 15.1) |
| Chronic hepatitis* | 422 | 22 | 37.8 | (23.6, 55.2) | 49 | 8.6 | (6.3, 11.2) | 71 | 10.0 | (7.8, 12.5) |
| Biliary cirrhosis* | 322 | 13 | 28.7 | (15.2, 46.5) | 49 | 10.7 | (7.9, 13.9) | 62 | 11.4 | (8.7, 14.4) |
| Other and unspecified liver cirrhosis and disease without mention of alcohol* | 827 | 142 | 75.0 | (63.2, 87.8) | 208 | 13.5 | (11.7, 15.4) | 350 | 15.4 | (13.8, 17.1) |
| With liver cirrhosis as a secondary or subsidiary diagnosis | 3349 | 731 | 100 | (93.0, 108) | 602 | 11.0 | (10.2, 11.9) | 1333 | 15.2 | (14.4, 16.0) |
| All admissions | 8192 | 1304 | 92.5 | (87.6, 97.6) | 1452 | 12.7 | (12.1, 13.4) | 2756 | 16.3 | (15.7, 16.9) |
*These subtypes were distinguishable from ICD-9 and ICD-10 coding only, and refer to the period 1979–98 only.
95% CI, 95% confidence interval.