3 year period | No of practice deaths | Practice list size at mid point | 3 year crude practice death rate/1000 | Standardised 3 year practice death rate/1000 (95% CI)** | 3 year death rate/1000 in England & Wales*** |
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*Date of death not known for 7 patients. | |||||
**Standardised (direct method) to England and Wales mid 1999 estimated population. | |||||
***Calculated from Office for National Statistics figures.23 | |||||
χ2 test for trend in standardised 3 year death rate = 18.54, p=0.00002. | |||||
August 1985–8 | 105 | 3012 | 33.86 | 35.59 (28.66 to 42.51) | 34.73 |
August 1988–91 | 131 | 3989 | 32.84 | 36.81 (30.44 to 43.19) | 33.81 |
August 1991–4 | 121 | 3923 | 30.84 | 32.79 (27.33 to 39.19) | 33.28 |
August 1994–7 | 106 | 4605 | 23.01 | 27.04 (21.87 to 32.22) | 32.48 |
August 1997–2000 | 108 | 4864 | 22.20 | 27.12 (21.99 to 32.27) | 31.78 |