Table 6.
Number of deaths and cause specific standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) at one year after hospital admission for non-alcoholic liver cirrhoses as the principal diagnosis and for liver cirrhosis as a secondary or subsidiary diagnosis, 1979–98
| Cause of death | ICD-9 code | Non-alcoholic liver cirrhoses as the principal diagnosis* | Liver cirrhosis as a secondary or subsidiary diagnosis | |||||||
| Chronic hepatitis | Other and unspecified liver cirrhosis and disease with no mention of alcohol | |||||||||
| No of deaths | SMR | (95% CI) | No of deaths | SMR | (95% CI) | No of deaths | SMR | (95% CI) | ||
| Liver cirrhosis | 571 | 34 | 790 | (543, 1082) | 187 | 1864 | (1607, 2141) | 428 | 1367 | (1241, 1500) |
| All causes except liver cirrhosis | 001–570, 572–999 | 37 | 4.5 | (3.2, 6.1) | 163 | 6.8 | (5.8, 7.9) | 664 | 8.0 | (7.5, 8.5) |
| Other digestive diseases | 520–570, 572–579 | 9 | 43.2 | (19.6, 76.0) | 29 | 46.2 | (30.9, 64.5) | 83 | 44.8 | (35.6, 54.9) |
| Infectious diseases | 001–139 | 2 | 62.1 | (5.9, 178) | 3 | 34.2 | (6.4, 83.7) | 18 | 69.0 | (40.8, 105) |
| Neoplasms | 140–239 | 13 | 6.1 | (3.2, 9.9) | 56 | 9.6 | (7.2, 12.2) | 179 | 10.6 | (9.1, 12.2) |
| Endocrine disorders | 240–279 | 2 | 17.7 | (1.7, 50.6) | 13 | 39.2 | (20.8, 63.3) | 16 | 16.6 | (9.5, 25.7) |
| Mental disorders | 290–319 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 | (0.0, 10.9) | 8 | 7.3 | (3.1, 13.2) | ||
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 390–459 | 5 | 1.5 | (0.5, 3.0) | 38 | 3.7 | (2.6, 5.0) | 209 | 7.0 | (6.1, 8.0) |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 410–414 | 1 | 0.6 | (0.0, 2.3) | 11 | 2.2 | (1.1, 3.7) | 84 | 6.0 | (4.7, 7.3) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 430–438 | 3 | 3.8 | (0.7, 9.3) | 7 | 2.9 | (1.1, 5.4) | 68 | 9.4 | (7.3, 11.8) |
| Respiratory diseases | 460–519 | 3 | 3.1 | (0.6, 7.6) | 17 | 5.6 | (3.2, 8.5) | 88 | 9.8 | (7.8, 11.9) |
| Renal diseases | 580–629 | 2 | 20.8 | (2.0, 59.5) | 2 | 6.6 | (0.6, 19.0) | 9 | 10.1 | (4.6, 17.7) |
| Accidents† | 0 | 0 | 16 | 26.8 | (15.3, 41.5) | |||||
| Suicide† | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12.0 | (3.8, 24.9) | |||||
*A further 62 deaths occurred within one year of hospital admission for biliary cirrhosis. The SMR for liver cirrhosis as the certified underlying cause of death was 1049 (based on 42 cases), for all causes except liver cirrhosis the SMR was 3.0 (based on 20 cases), for ischaemic heart disease the SMR was 1.3 (based on 2 cases), for cerebrovascular disease the SMR was 3.3 (based on two cases), for respiratory diseases the SMR was 5.9 (based on four cases), for neoplasms the SMR was 2.1 (based on four cases). There were no deaths from mental disorders, accidents, suicide, infectious diseases, or renal diseases.
†Accidents were determined by coroners’ verdicts of “accidental death”, and suicides by verdicts of “suicide” or “open verdict”.
95% CI, 95% confidence interval.