Table 3.
Capture rate for all major trauma injuries (excluding fracture of femur) by year, NSRI Stoke on Trent, 1996–2004
| Year | HES cases | TARN cases | Capture rate (%) * |
| 1996/1997 | 714 | 835 (714**) | 100.0** |
| 1997/1998 | 987 | 789 | 80.0 |
| 1998/1999 | 939 | 768 | 81.8 |
| 1999/2000 | 971 | 772 | 79.5 |
| 2000/2001 | 943 | 421 | 44.6 |
| 2001/2002 | 891 | 667 | 74.9 |
| 2002/2003 | 692 | 632 | 91.3 |
| 2003/2004 | 758 | 295 | 38.9 |
| Total | 6895 | 5058** | 73.4 |
Source: Trauma Audit and Research Network & Hospital Episode Statistics (Health and Social Care Information Centre)
*expressed as percentage of yearly number of HES cases that were detected in TARN database
** after correction for overreporting made by excluding 121 cases from 835 TARN cases in 1996/1997 apparently not admitted to NSRI according to HES data but which appeared in the TARN database