Endoscopic diagnosis (n) | Crude mortality rate (%) | ||
Total* (5004) | New admissions (4109) | Inpatients (833) | |
% (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |
Peptic ulcer | 8.9 (162/1826) | 5.8 (81/1403) | 22 (70/322) |
Varices | 15 (82/544) | 11 (51/469) | 41 (29/70) |
Malignancy | 17 (31/187) | 14 (22/156) | 30 (9/30) |
Oesophagitis | 5.5 (65/1177) | 2.8 (26/938) | 17 (39/229) |
Oesophagitis alone | 3.8 (17/443) | 2.5 (9/363) | 10 (8/78) |
Gastritis/erosions | 6.4 (70/1091) | 3.2 (29/896) | 24 (41/173) |
Gastritis erosions alone | 4.4 (16/360) | 2.4 (7/294) | 17 (9/54) |
Erosive duodenitis | 5.2 (33/640) | 3.0 (16/539) | 19 (17/90) |
Erosive duodenitis alone | 4.4 (5/114) | 2.1 (2/94) | 16 (3/19) |
Mallory–Weiss | 4.7 (10/213) | 3.6 (7/193) | 16 (3/19) |
Mallory–Weiss alone | 3.8 (4/106) | 3.1 (3/96) | 10.0 (1/10) |
Other | 12 (16/133) | 11 (12/109) | 17 (4/23) |
Other alone | 6.3 (5/80) | 7.2 (5/69) | 0 (0/10) |
No diagnosis | 5.8 (49/865) | 3.7 (27/711) | 15 (21/144) |
All endoscoped | 7.4 (371/5004) | 5.0 (207/4109) | 19 (162/833) |
Not endoscoped | 17 (304/1746) | 12 (172/1441) | 46 (126/274) |
All patients | 10 (675/6750) | 6.8 (379/5550) | 26 (288/1107) |
* Includes 93 transfers from other hospitals or admission data missing.