Perioperative mortality of emergency and elective surgical patients in a low-income country: a single institution experience

Table 1 Death rate for each surgical sub-unit and admission type

Variables	Category	Number of deaths	Mortality rate(%)
Surgical units	General surgery	34/993	3.42
	Neurosurgery	31/579	5.35
	Pediatric surgery	50/1246	4.01
	Cardiothoracic and vascular surgery	16/477	3.35
Type of admission	Emergency surgery	88/1384	6.36
Type of admission	Elective surgery	43/1911	2.25

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