Table 3

Baseline characteristics

Disease	Patients (number)	Admissions (number)	% Male	% British (white)	% >68 years old	% least deprived	% most deprived	% Liver disease*	% Liver disease‡	% Renal impairment‡
1. Aspergillosis	457	845	56	88	36	18	28	§	§	8
2. Candidosis	2577	2936	52	87	57	17	24	1	2	16
3. Other confirmed fungal infection	13	19	77	54	§	§	§	0	0	§
4. Stem cell/bone marrow transplant in haematological malignancy	433	440	65	90	9	17	18	0	0	5
5. Haematological malignancy	5326	14 361	59	84	48	25	17	1	1	5
6. Stem cell/bone marrow transplant (no record of haematological malignancy)	26	29	58	73	0	§	27	0	0	0
7. Lung transplant	96	294	55	96	§	15	23	§	§	15
8. Other solid organ transplant	159	255	55	89	§	18	27	11	15	34
9. Solid tumour	6672	9920	46	89	42	18	25	§	1	8
11. Immunosystem disease	108	126	47	74	34	11	28	§	§	16
12. Acute peritonitis	294	331	47	86	33	17	30	5	9	24
13. Abdominal surgery	450	464	53	85	30	13	35	5	12	26
Total	16 611	30 020

*Defined as a record of hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified (ICD10 K72).
†Defined as a record of hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified (ICD10 K72) or a note of toxic liver disease (K71), chronic hepatitis, not elsewhere classified, fibrosis (K73) or cirrhosis of liver (K74).
‡Defined as acute renal failure (N17), chronic renal failure (N18), unspecified renal failure (N19).
§Small numbers are suppressed. Some patients can appear in more than one disease category if they were admitted more than once.