Table 2.
Absolute numbers for 24-hour, 48-hour, and 7-day mortality by procedure type and other categories
| 24 hour | 48 hour | 7 day | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery Type | Mortality (%)* | Alive | Missing | Mortality (%) | Alive | Missing | Mortality (%) | Alive | Missing |
| All surgeries | 50 (0.64) | 7,770 | 46 | 66 (0.87) | 7,620 | 180 | 93 (1.53) | 6,071 | 1,702 |
| By Procedure Type | |||||||||
| C-sections | 2 (0.23) | 876 | 5 | 3 (0.34) | 870 | 10 | 4 (0.53) | 758 | 121 |
| General surgery | 20 (1.23) | 1,622 | 4 | 29 (1.83) | 1,586 | 31 | 42 (3.65) | 1,151 | 453 |
| Neurosurgery | 9 (0.88) | 1,025 | 6 | 11 (1.08) | 1,014 | 15 | 19 (2.41) | 789 | 232 |
| Orthopedics | 11 (0.73) | 1,499 | 14 | 12 (0.83) | 1,447 | 65 | 14 (1.20) | 1,162 | 348 |
| Other surgeries+ | 8 (0.29) | 2,748 | 17 | 11 (0.41) | 2,703 | 59 | 14 (0.63) | 2,211 | 548 |
| By Other Categories | |||||||||
| Emergency surgery | 13 (1.53) | 847 | 5 | 17 (2.04) | 832 | 16 | 25 (3.63) | 689 | 151 |
| Pediatrics (age <18 y) | 18 (0.75) | 2,408 | 16 | 24 (1.01) | 2,375 | 42 | 31 (1.66) | 1,863 | 547 |
| Trauma | 6 (0.84) | 716 | 7 | 8 (1.15) | 693 | 28 | 9 (1.66) | 543 | 178 |
*
Denominator used for calculation of percent mortality is the number of patients alive, without taking missing data into account.
+
Other surgeries include: ear nose and throat, endoscopy, gynecology, ophthalmology, oral/maxillofacial, and urology surgeries.
Abbreviations: C-sections – Cesarean sections, y – years.