Table 3.3.4 Case fatality rates (% of cases) after hospital admission for upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage, as reported from regional studies in the UK.

City/region	Study period	No of cases	Case fatality rate (%)	Authors and reference
NW London	1940–1947	687	9.9	Jones AF, 1947384
Aberdeen	1941–1948	476	13.9	Needham CD and McConachie JA, 1950385
London	1947–1958	325	13.0	Coghill NF and Willcox RG, 1960386
Oxford	1953–1967	2149	8.9	Schiller KF et al, 197084
Birmingham	1963–1974	158	12.0	Hoare AM, 1975387
NE Scotland	1967–1968	817	13.7	Johnston SJ et al, 197386
Birmingham	1971–1973	300	9.7	Allan R and Dykes P, 1976388
Cardiff	1972–1978	583	10.3	Mayberry JF et al, 1981389
Bristol	1974–1976	267	4.4	Brown SG et al, 1981390
West Lothian	1980–1983	326	11.7	Clason AE et al, 1986391
Newport, Gwent	1980–1981	330	15.2	Madden MV and Griffith GH, 198587
Oxford	1981–1982	125	4.8	Berry AR et al, 198485
Bath	1981–1985	NA	10–12	Holman RA et al, 199089
North London	1986	292	4.8	Sanderson JD et al, 1990392
Bath	1986–1988	430	3.7	Holman RA et al, 199089
Nottingham	1986–1989	1147	6.1	Daneshmend TK et al, 1992393
Bridgend	1990	109	4.6	Clements D et al, 1991394
NE Scotland	1991–1993	1098	3.9	Masson J et al, 199690
4 Health Regions in SE England and Midlands	1991–1993	4185	14	Rockall TA et al, 199591
West of Scotland	1992–1993	1882	8.1	Blatchford O et al, 199792
Newport, Gwent	1993–1995	524	9.4	Kapur KC et al, 1998395
Sheffield	1995–1998	900	8.1	Sanders DS et al, 2004396
Sutton Coldfield	2002–2003	716	14.6	Lim CH et al, 2006397