Question

Using the information below, calculate the Anesthesia Death Rate for patients who had general anesthesia for the month of June at Union Hospital. Also, calculate the total anesthesia death rate for June.

Express as a percent and round off to 3 digits after the decimal point.

• Number of operations                                          4567
• Deaths within 10 days                                     0017
• After 10 days                                                   0007

• Number of operations                                          4570
• Number of patients operated on                          4566
• Number of anesthetics administered                   4570
• General anesthesia                                         3751
• Regional anesthesia                                        0482
• Local anesthesia                                             0337

• Number of deaths due to anesthetic agents        0005
• General anesthesia                                         0004
• Regional anesthesia                                        0001
• Local anesthesia                                             0000

1. The anesthesia death rate for general anesthesia: ____________

b. The total anesthesia death rate: ______________

please show your steps

Answer 1

a, The anesthesia death rate for general anesthesia:
General formula for percentage rates :
Total number of deaths caused by an general anesthetic agent X 100 / Total number of general anesthetic administered
4 X 100 /3751
400/3751 = 0.1066 =0.107%
b, Total anesthesia death rate:
Total number of deaths caused by an anesthetic agent X 100 / Total number of anesthetic administered
5 X 100 / 4570
500 / 4570 = 0.1094 = 0.109%