Table 6

Comparison of underlying cause of death and primary cause of admission to hospital where person died: England and Wales 2001 and 2012

PathogenDeaths from ONS death certificates where pathogen was underlying cause and place of death was NHS hospital1Hospital episodes statistics where primary cause of admission was pathogen and discharge method was died2Ratio of column C divided by column B
(Column B)(Column C)
Bacteria
Campylobacter67155231%
Listeria monocytogenes147180122%
Salmonella161181112%
Shigella34133%
Protozoa
Cryptosporidium920222%
Giardia35167%
Viruses
 Adenovirus171059%
 Norovirus160197123%
 Rotavirus1824133%
  • Source: ONS and NHS Digital. Note that the HES data were for England so was scaled up by population and covers financial years.

  • ONS, Office for National Statistics.