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National Health Statistics - Conditions Having The Highest In-Hospital Mortality
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Principal
Diagnoses
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In-Hospital Mortality (%) |
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1. Shock |
51.2 |
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2. Cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation |
51.0 |
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3. Malignant neoplasm without specification of site |
29.8 |
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4. Adult respiratory failure, insufficiency, arrest |
22.7 |
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5. Lack of oxygen in infants |
20.4 |
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6. Aspiration pneumonitis (from food or vomit) |
19.0 |
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7. Leukemias |
18.9 |
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8. Cancer of liver and intrahepatic bile duct |
17.8 |
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9. Coma, stupor, and brain damage |
16.3 |
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10. Cancer of bronchus or lung |
15.2 |
Elixhauser A, Yu K, Steiner C, Bierman AS. Hospitalization in the United States, 1997. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2000. HCUP Fact Book No. 1; AHRQ Publication No. 00-0031. ISBN 1-58763-005-2
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