Table 1.

 Cholecystectomies and annual incidence of bile duct injury, recorded in GallRiks

Year	No of cholecystectomies	No (%) of bile duct injuries
		Early detection*	Delayed detection†	Total
2005‡	1113	1 (0.1)	7 (0.6)	8 (0.7)
2006	7680	36 (0.5)	81 (1.1)	117 (1.5)
2007	8931	21 (0.2)	94 (1.1)	115 (1.3)
2008	10 350	35 (0.3)	135 (1.3)	170 (1.6)
2009	11 823	44 (0.4)	126 (1.1)	170 (1.6)
2010	11 144	33 (0.3)	134 (1.2)	167 (1.5)
Total	51 041	170 (0.3)	577 (1.1)	747 (1.5)

*Detected during cholecystectomy.

†Detected after cholecystectomy.

‡1 May to 31 December 2005.