Table 1

Number of patients who died and admissions to surgical wards for patients with peptic ulceration 1994–2006

Description	Data set	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Number of deaths with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease	SASM	251	237	166	172	152	166	173	122	119	117	105	89	83
Number of operative deaths with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease	SASM	165	142	99	112	110	119	121	89	79	92	80	66	64
Number of non-operative deaths with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease	SASM	86	95	67	60	42	47	52	33	40	25	25	23	19
Number of deaths receiving HDU/ITU care with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease	SASM	92	101	77	102	95	104	121	86	79	92	80	68	60
Number of operative deaths receiving HDU/ITU care with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease	SASM	87	96	70	89	86	104	101	70	65	84	70	56	54
Number of non-operative deaths receiving HDU/ITU care	SASM	5	5	7	13	9	–	20	16	14	8	10	12	6
Number of operative deaths with consultant surgeon involvement (consultant surgeon either operated or assisted), with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease	SASM	66	72	56	63	69	78	88	58	54	65	59	45	47
Number of operative deaths with operation within 2 h	SASM	17	15	13	21	17	14	15	14	16	26	17	15	18
Number of deaths where adverse events contributed to or caused the death, with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease	SASM	NA	NA	34	40	26	35	33	13	17	14	18	14	9
Number of operative deaths where adverse events contributed to or caused the death, with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease	SASM	NA	NA	30	35	23	34	27	9	17	12	17	13	9
Number of non-operative deaths where adverse events contributed to or caused the death, with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease	SASM	NA	NA	4	5	3	1	6	4	–	2	1	1	–
Total number of patients admitted with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease	SMR01	3872	3669	3769	3023	3987	3796	3543	3402	3025	2834	2779	2556	2481
Total number of operative patients admitted with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease	SMR01	3459	3287	3342	2727	3623	3478	3223	3111	2752	2582	2587	2336	2275

HDU/ITU, high dependency/intensive therapy unit; NA, data not available; SASM, Scottish Audit of Surgical Mortality.