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. 2021 Dec 28;45(6):907–913. doi: 10.1016/j.bj.2021.12.006

Table 3.

Validation of CGRD discharge status by primary cause of admission, 2008–2017.

Diseases alive dead within 1 week
within 1 month
Accuracy (%) PPV (%) UEM (%) Accuracy (%) PPV (%) UEM (%)
Infectious and parasitic 57,431 10,555 98.50 96.74 6.23 97.57 98.38 12.50
Neoplasms 123,475 25,251 97.57 97.05 10.49 95.21 98.61 21.38
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic 24,127 1077 99.04 94.71 15.28 97.83 96.38 32.82
Blood and blood-forming organs 4644 497 98.42 96.78 11.90 96.60 98.39 25.46
Mental disorders 9303 57 99.54 89.47 42.05 99.08 89.47 61.07
Nervous system 21,748 689 99.58 95.07 8.39 98.97 96.23 23.53
Eye and adnexa 33,809 32 99.98 93.75 14.29 99.91 96.88 48.33
Circulatory system 95,057 11,099 98.59 95.42 8.58 97.50 96.57 17.52
Respiratory system 135,092 17,360 98.37 96.05 9.74 97.16 98.21 19.10
Digestive system 136,625 8614 99.27 97.05 8.83 98.48 98.19 19.53
Skin and subcutaneous tissue 31,747 799 99.51 96.12 14.48 98.80 98.00 32.44
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 90,776 674 99.86 97.18 14.38 99.67 98.07 30.20
Genitourinary system 94,816 2441 99.55 96.07 12.70 98.92 97.42 29.37
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium 62,203 40 99.99 92.50 5.13 99.99 95.00 7.32
Conditions originating in the perinatal period 14,294 340 97.80 6.18 12.50 98.13 21.18 7.69
Congenital abnormalities 20,252 212 99.60 64.62 4.20 99.60 70.75 11.76
Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions 30,870 1013 99.17 95.16 18.24 98.28 95.95 34.32
Injury and poisoning 116,152 5000 99.50 95.42 7.40 99.07 96.22 16.27
External causes of morbidity and mortality 47,555 1502 98.89 85.95 20.60 97.71 86.62 41.48

Abbreviations: PPV: positive predictive value; UEM: underestimated mortality rate.