Table 2.

In-hospital mortality rates

Variable	2000–2001 n (%) N=7318	2002–2003 n (%) N=9563	2004–2005 n (%) N=8420	2006–2007 n (%) N=8036	2008–2009 n (%) N=7452	2010–2011 n (%) N=6782	2012–2013 n (%) N=7196	Overall n (%) N=54 767	P value
In-hospital death	186 (2.5)	263 (2.8)	247 (2.9)	214 (2.7)	166 (2.2)	143 (2.1)	118 (1.6)	1337 (2.4)	<0.0001