Table 1.

Hospital deaths after inpatient surgeries^a

	Inpatient surgeries n = 12,739
Death within 48 hours
Incidence	72 (0.57%)
Mortality rate	1:177
Death within 30 days
Incidence	262 (2.1%)
Mortality rate	1:49

Notes: ^aOver the sampling period of 4/1/04–3/31/05, 12,739 inpatient surgical procedures. The table lists the cumulative incidence (frequency and percent) of hospital deaths, and the overall mortality rate, over two time periods, 48 hours and 30 days after surgery.