Perioperative medicine & outcomes
Socioeconomic deprivation and postoperative mortality: a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data
Main finding · 90-day postoperative mortalityResult — go to the resultHazard ratio 1.594 95% CI 1.335–1.905Authors' conclusion
Deprivation is associated with 90-day postoperative mortality.
Study context
- Population
- All Aberdeen Royal Infirmary surgical patients, 2011 to 2019
- Participants
- 79,708 patients
- Exposure
- Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) quintiles
- Outcome
- Postoperative mortality
- Follow-up
- 90 days
Methodological detailsprospectively collected data, single-centre
- Prospectively collected data
- Single-centre
Main finding
90-day postoperative mortality
Hazard ratio
1.594
95% CI 1.335–1.905
SIMD 1 vs SIMD 5
HR 1.594 (95% CI 1.335–1.905)
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Crude 90-day mortality (all participants)
- Died within 90 days of operation
- 2609 (3.3%)
Original publication
Socioeconomic deprivation and postoperative mortality: a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. BJA Open. Published 28 July 2025. doi:10.
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