Table 6.
Comparison of underlying cause of death and primary cause of admission to hospital where person died: England and Wales 2001 and 2012
| Pathogen | Deaths from ONS death certificates where pathogen was underlying cause and place of death was NHS hospital1 | Hospital episodes statistics where primary cause of admission was pathogen and discharge method was died2 | Ratio of column C divided by column B |
| (Column B) | (Column C) | ||
| Bacteria | |||
| Campylobacter | 67 | 155 | 231% |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 147 | 180 | 122% |
| Salmonella | 161 | 181 | 112% |
| Shigella | 3 | 4 | 133% |
| Protozoa | |||
| Cryptosporidium | 9 | 20 | 222% |
| Giardia | 3 | 5 | 167% |
| Viruses | |||
| Adenovirus | 17 | 10 | 59% |
| Norovirus | 160 | 197 | 123% |
| Rotavirus | 18 | 24 | 133% |
Source: ONS and NHS Digital. Note that the HES data were for England so was scaled up by population and covers financial years.
ONS, Office for National Statistics.