Table 1.

Main conclusion of the confidential enquiry panels

	Cases n (%)
People who died from asthma	195 (71)
People who did not have asthma	27 (10)
People who had asthma but did not die from it	36 (13)
Insufficient information
To decide whether the person had asthma	14 (5)
To decide whether the person died of asthma	4 (1)

Total cases=276.