Table 4.
Causes of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in 990 patients
| Diagnosis | Number | Percentage |
| Chronic duodenal ulcer | 318 | 32.1 |
| Gastritis and gastric erosions | 127 | 12.8 |
| Oesophageal varices | 97 | 9.8 |
| Carcinoma of the stomach | 63 | 6.4 |
| Duodenitis | 42 | 4.2 |
| Gastric ulcer | 37 | 3.7 |
| Prepyloric ulcer | 24 | 2.4 |
| Oesophagitis | 23 | 2.3 |
| Gastric polyp | 10 | 1.0 |
| Oesophageal varices and chronic duodenal ulcer |
9 | 1.0 |
| Mallory-Weiss tear | 8 | 0.8 |
| Gastric varices | 7 | 0.7 |
| Carcinoma of the oesophagus | 6 | 0.6 |
| Duodenal polyp/Dieulafoy and others |
4 | 0.4 |
| Failed OGD | 11 | 1.1 |
| Normal OGD | 204 | 20.6 |
| Total | 990 | 100 |