Deaths Involving Clostridium difficile, Wales, 2013

4 Sep 2014 10:07 AM

Key points

• In 2013, there were 177 deaths involving Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) in Wales, 22 more than in 2012 (155 deaths).
   
• Of the 177 deaths involving C. difficile, 91 were also the underlying cause of death; an increase of 11% on 2012 (82 deaths).
   
• The age-standardised mortality rate for deaths involving C. difficile of 58.4 per million population in 2013 is a significant increase since 1999 (22.6 per million population), the start of the time series. However, it is a significant fall from the peak in 2008 (164.8 per million population).
   
• C. difficile deaths increase with age and were highest among those aged 85 years and over. During 2011–13 the age-specific mortality rate for people aged 85 years and over was 1,467.4 per million population for males and 1,157.9 per million population for females.
   
• The number of deaths involving C. difficile has remained consistently higher in females than males since 1999.

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