Trend and pattern of mortality among patients admitted in a tertiary care hospital

Mortality data provides information which helps in planning health care services.

To find out proportion and trend of mortality among patients admitted in a tertiary carehospital and to assess distribution of mortality in relation to age, sex, and system affected etc.

A record based cross sectional study was conducted. Mortality data from 2013–2015 was collected from Medical record section and analysed.

Mortality rate from 2013 to 2015 was found to be 23.9, 17.94 and 19.09/1000 population.60% of deaths occurred among patients above age of 40 years. 25–30% deaths were among geriatric population. More than 60% deaths were among males. More than 30% deaths were either due respiratory or cardiovascular causes.25% deaths were due to non-communicable diseases.

There is a decreasing trend of mortality. Proportion of mortality was more among males and geriatric population.