Mortality rates per 1000 infants undergoing a cardiac procedure aged under 1 year, born between 2006 and 2009 (n=5350)
| Primary outcome | Secondary outcomes | ||||
| Deaths in first year of life | Effect size | Deaths during index hospital admission | Death following index discharge | ||
| Unexpected death* following discharge | Death during planned readmission | ||||
| N; rate per 1000 (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | N; rate per 1000 (95% CI) | N; rate per 1000 (95% CI) | N; rate per 1000 (95% CI) | |
| Total infants (n=5350) | 449; 83.9 (76.3 to 92.1) | – | 227; 42.4 (37.1 to 48.3) | 146; 27.3 (23.0 to 32.1) | 76; 14.2 (11.2 to 17.8) |
| White (n=3968) | 287; 72.3 (64.5 to 80.8) | – | 144; 36.3 (30.7 to 42.6) | 94; 23.7 (19.2 to 28.9) | 49; 12.3 (9.1 to 16.3) |
| British Asian (n=604) | 72; 119.2 (94.4 to 147.8) | 1.7 (1.3 to 2.3) | 35; 57.9 (40.7 to 79.7) | 22; 36.4 (23.0 to 54.6) | 15; 24.8 (14.0 to 40.6) |
| Black British (n=240) | 25; 104.2 (68.6 to 149.9) | 1.5 (1.0 to 2.3) | 14; 58.3 (32.3 to 95.9) | 7; 29.2 (11.8 to 59.2) | 4; 16.7 (4.6 to 42.1) |
| All other (n=320) | 40; 125.0 (90.8 to 166.3) | 1.8 (1.3 to 2.6) | 20; 62.5 (38.6 to 94.9) | 14; 43.8 (24.1 to 72.3) | 6; 18.7 (6.9 to 40.4) |
| Not stated (n=218)† | 25 | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.6) | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Odds of death in first year for each group compared with white ethnic group.
*Deaths in the community, at home or after urgent readmission.
†Ethnic-specific mortality rates have not been calculated for children whose ethnicity was not stated;.