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Report of the performance of the PCS Service in 1991
70 A table prepared in the UBH and supplied to the Inquiry showed that there had been 46 open-heart operations on children aged under 1 year in 1991. Fourteen patients had died, giving a mortality rate of 30%. The overall Bristol mortality rate for children under 1 in the period 1984-1991 was recorded as 28.5%. The UK mortality figure for 1990, with which these figures were compared, was 15.8%. [84]
71 The table also included figures set out by procedure for open-heart operations on children aged under 1: [85]
72 As regards open-heart surgery on those over 1 year of age in 1991, a table showed a total of 93 operations carried out, with the figures divided into groups: simple, moderate and complex surgery: [86]
| Operations Bristol 1991 | Mortality rate % Bristol 1985-1991 | Mortality rate % UK 1990 |
| Simple: 24 (0) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Moderate: 51 (9) | 10.0 | 3.9 |
| Complex: 18 (4) | 28.0 | 12.6 |
73 The table noted that the mortality rate for moderate operations in Bristol for 1991 was 17.6%. The mortality rate for complex operations at Bristol in the same year was 22.2%.
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Footnotes
[84] Figures taken from the table at UBHT 0055 0114
[85] Figures taken from the table at UBHT 0055 0114; figures in parentheses are for deaths. See Chapter 3 for an explanation of these clinical terms
[86] Figures taken from UBHT 0055 0117 - 0118