Table 2.

Mortality rates

	Hospital 1	Hospital 2	Total
No. Index admission patients	267	268	535
Emergency second admission patients	46	38	84
Index admission mortality	43 (16.1%)	29 (10.8%)	72 (13.5%)
Second admission mortality	15 (32.6%)	12 (31.6%)	27 (32.1%)
Overall mortality whilst in-patient	58 (21.7%)	41 (15.3%)	99 (18.5%)
Mortality within 3 months	66 66 (24.7%)	48 48 (17.9%)	114 (21.3%)
Mortality in community	8 (3.0%)	7 (2.6%)	15 (2.8%)