Extracorporeal liver support: trending epidemiology and mortality - a nationwide database analysis 2007–2015

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 3 Epidemiology of Extracorporeal liver support (ELS) utilization in Germany

		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Overall 2007–2015
All ELS patients
	n	314	311	390	377	287	270	255	294	388	2886
	Mortality (%)	57.32	55.63	46.41	46.42	52.61	55.18	61.18	50.00	44.84	51.49
Annual incidence	(n/100.000)	0.39	0.39	0.48	0.47	0.36	0.34	0.32	0.36	0.47	0.43
Sex
Male	n	211	191	247	238	190	176	171	179	219	1822
	Mortality (%)	60.19	57.59	51.01	50.84	55.26	54.55	62.57	55.87	58.90	56.04
Female	n	103	120	143	139	97	94	84	115	169	1064
	Mortality (%)	51.46	52.50	38.46	38.85	47.42	56.38	58.33	40.87	26.63	43.70
Age groups
0–20 years	n	17	10	25	17	16	10	5	32	84	216
20–40 years	n	41	30	49	38	37	28	29	29	38	319
40–60 years	n	126	137	180	189	130	111	109	109	134	1225
60–80 years	n	124	126	129	126	99	109	109	121	124	1067
>80 years	n	6	8	7	7	5	12	3	3	8	59

Data is presented as absolute numbers and percentage. ELS, extracorporal liver support. N, number. Incidences were calculated by using the year-specific population numbers for Germany as provided by the Federal Statistical Office. Due to data protection restrictions, further detailed analysis was not permitted by the data source provider, German Federal Statistical Office (e.g. age-specific mortality rates). For details, see text

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