Table 3.
Number of hospital admissions for cirrhosis of the liver, number of deaths, percentage case fatality rates (CFRs), and standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) at 30 days and at 30–364 days after hospital admission, 1968–98, according to age group, sex, and time period
| No of hospital admissions | 30 day follow up | 30–364 day follow up | |||||||||
| Case fatality (%) | Standardised mortality | Case fatality (%) | Standardised mortality | ||||||||
| No of deaths | CFR | (95% CI) | SMR | (95% CI) | No of deaths | CFR | (95% CI) | SMR | (95% CI) | ||
| All admissions | 8192 | 1304 | 15.9 | (15.1, 16.8) | 92.5 | (87.6, 97.6) | 1452 | 17.7 | (16.8, 18.6) | 12.7 | (12.1, 13.4) |
| Time period* | |||||||||||
| 1968–73 | 465 | 88 | 17.4 | (13.6, 21.3) | 77.2 | (61.9, 94.2) | 82 | 16.7 | (13.0, 20.4) | 9.5 | (7.6, 11.7) |
| 1974–78 | 935 | 167 | 17.6 | (14.9, 20.3) | 91.7 | (78.3, 106) | 166 | 17.0 | (14.3, 19.6) | 12.6 | (10.8, 14.6) |
| 1979–83 | 1546 | 238 | 15.3 | (13.3, 17.2) | 80.4 | (70.5, 90.9) | 273 | 17.4 | (15.3, 19.5) | 11.2 | (9.9, 12.5) |
| 1984–88 | 1432 | 200 | 14.0 | (12.0, 16.0) | 81.9 | (70.8, 93.7) | 222 | 15.4 | (13.3, 17.4) | 11.3 | (9.9, 12.9) |
| 1989–93 | 1660 | 294 | 17.4 | (15.4, 19.4) | 104 | (92.3, 116) | 285 | 16.9 | (14.9, 18.9) | 12.5 | (11.1, 14.0) |
| 1994–98 | 2154 | 317 | 15.2 | (13.5, 16.9) | 112 | (100, 124) | 424 | 20.1 | (18.2, 22.1) | 17.4 | (15.8, 19.1) |
| Sex† | |||||||||||
| Men | 4511 | 727 | 16.1 | (14.9, 17.3) | 86.2 | (80.0, 92.6) | 855 | 19.0 | (17.7, 20.3) | 12.7 | (11.9, 13.6) |
| Women | 3679 | 577 | 15.7 | (14.4, 17.0) | 102 | (93.8, 110) | 597 | 16.2 | (14.9, 17.5) | 12.8 | (11.8, 13.8) |
| Age group (y)* | |||||||||||
| 15–35 | 504 | 21 | 4.2 | (2.4, 5.9) | 773 | (478, 1139) | 31 | 6.2 | (4.0, 8.3) | 108 | (73.0, 149) |
| 35–44 | 1073 | 87 | 8.1 | (6.4, 9.8) | 722 | (578, 882) | 96 | 8.9 | (7.2, 10.7) | 79.3 | (64.2, 95.9) |
| 45–54 | 1658 | 220 | 13.3 | (11.5, 15.0) | 422 | (368, 479) | 213 | 12.8 | (11.1, 14.6) | 43.0 | (37.5, 49.0) |
| 55–64 | 2229 | 331 | 14.9 | (13.3, 16.5) | 165 | (148, 183) | 374 | 16.8 | (15.1, 18.5) | 19.9 | (18.0, 22.0) |
| 65–74 | 1759 | 343 | 19.5 | (17.4, 21.6) | 80.5 | (72.2, 89.3) | 455 | 25.9 | (23.5, 28.2) | 12.2 | (11.1, 13.4) |
| 75+ | 951 | 299 | 31.4 | (27.9, 35.0) | 42.0 | (37.4, 46.9) | 280 | 29.4 | (26.0, 32.9) | 5.4 | (4.8, 6.1) |
*Mortality rates (CFRs and SMRs) are adjusted for age group and sex.
†Mortality rates (CFRs and SMRs) are adjusted for age group.
95% CI, 95% confidence interval.