Table 4

Crude mortality by endoscopic diagnosis

Endoscopic diagnosis (n)Crude mortality rate (%)
Total* (5004)New admissions (4109)Inpatients (833)
% (n)% (n)% (n)
Peptic ulcer8.9 (162/1826)5.8 (81/1403)22 (70/322)
Varices15 (82/544)11 (51/469)41 (29/70)
Malignancy17 (31/187)14 (22/156)30 (9/30)
Oesophagitis5.5 (65/1177)2.8 (26/938)17 (39/229)
 Oesophagitis alone3.8 (17/443)2.5 (9/363)10 (8/78)
Gastritis/erosions6.4 (70/1091)3.2 (29/896)24 (41/173)
 Gastritis erosions alone4.4 (16/360)2.4 (7/294)17 (9/54)
Erosive duodenitis5.2 (33/640)3.0 (16/539)19 (17/90)
 Erosive duodenitis alone4.4 (5/114)2.1 (2/94)16 (3/19)
Mallory–Weiss4.7 (10/213)3.6 (7/193)16 (3/19)
 Mallory–Weiss alone3.8 (4/106)3.1 (3/96)10.0 (1/10)
Other12 (16/133)11 (12/109)17 (4/23)
 Other alone6.3 (5/80)7.2 (5/69)0 (0/10)
No diagnosis5.8 (49/865)3.7 (27/711)15 (21/144)
All endoscoped7.4 (371/5004)5.0 (207/4109)19 (162/833)
Not endoscoped17 (304/1746)12 (172/1441)46 (126/274)
All patients10 (675/6750)6.8 (379/5550)26 (288/1107)
  • * Includes 93 transfers from other hospitals or admission data missing.