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Table 5 Hospital mortality rate

From: Trends in mortality associated with opening of a full-capacity public emergency department at the main tertiary-level hospital in Tanzania

Period

Jan. 2008 to Dec. 2009

Feb. 2010 to Jan. 2012

Total hospital deaths

7282

6292

Total patients

53,660

77,164

Inpatient mortality rate (95 % CI)

13.6 % (13.3–13.9 %)

8.2 % (8.0–8.3 %)