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. 2009 Mar 5;9:18. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-9-18

Table 9.

CFR and SMR for all groups of diagnoses in different time periods

Patients Deaths within 90 days Deaths 91–365 days
Time periods CFR SMR Deaths SMR Deaths



1988–1992 82.4 16.82 (15.65–18.06) 757 2.32 (2.07–2.59) 318
1993–1997 75.8 12.52 (11.84–13.23) 1252 2.19 (2.02–2.36) 658
1998–2003 61.7 9.25 (8.71–9.82) 1092 1.77 (1.64–1.92) 628

SMR (standardized mortality ratio) given as median (confidence intervals 95%), CFR (case fatality rate) is given as deaths per 1000 patients.