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Hospital - St. Joseph's Health Care System - Hamilton Category - Hospital procedures - Death rates Select a different category   LEGEND: BLUE Better than the Ontario average for the selected year. WHITE Not different from the Ontario average for the selected year. RED Worse than the Ontario average for the selected year. - No data were available for this year. DEFINITIONS: Rank All institutions were ranked on each indicator based on their scores, where the highest rank of 1 corresponds to the highest score out of 100. Volume indicators were not ranked since they have threshold requirements. Score The score indicates how well a hospital performs on a given indicator, based on its risk adjusted rate where a score of 100 is the highest. Risk adjusted rate Measures the observed rate adjusted for differences in patients’ age, sex, and the presence of complications. Observed rate Measures the outcome of interest compared to population at risk. Ontario average/total This value is the risk adjusted average (Ontario average) or total (Ontario total) of an indicator across all acute care hospitals in Ontario. Abdominal Aortic Artery (AAA) Repair mortality rate Deaths due to surgery performed to repair the major artery that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. Lower rates are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank View View View View View - - - - - Score View View View View View - - - - - Observed 8.11% 0.00% 13.33% 0.00% 10.00% - - - - - Risk adjusted 14.08% 5.85% 9.57% 4.37% 10.17% - - - - - Ontario average 13.43% 14.06% 14.02% 11.99% 12.46% - - - - - Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) mortality rate Deaths due to surgery performed to allow blood to bypass a clogged artery. Lower rates are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - - - - - - - - - - Score - - - - - - - - - - Observed - - - - - - - - - - Risk adjusted - - - - - - - - - - Ontario average 4.72% 4.73% 4.56% 4.46% 3.90% 3.38% 3.60% 4.00% 7.47% 5.28% Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario Craniotomy mortality rate Deaths due to the surgical opening of the skull performed to remove a brain tumor, repair an aneurysm (ballooning of blood vessels), perform a biopsy or to relieve pressure inside the skull. Lower rates are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - - - View - View - - - - Score - - - View - View - - - - Observed - - - 0.00% - 0.00% - - - - Risk adjusted - - - 5.44% - 1.22% - - - - Ontario average 9.37% 9.82% 9.63% 8.15% 7.59% 6.74% 7.86% 7.51% 9.15% 8.34% Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario Hip replacement mortality rate Deaths due to hip replacement surgery. Lower rates are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank View View View View View View View View - - Score View View View View View View View View - - Observed 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 1.49% 0.00% 0.81% - - Risk adjusted 0.24% 0.00% 0.20% 0.26% 0.20% 1.41% 0.05% 0.85% - - Ontario average 0.56% 0.39% 0.40% 0.42% 0.45% 0.58% 0.32% 0.50% 0.53% 0.48% Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) mortality rate Deaths due to a non-surgical procedure performed to open blockages in the arteries that carry blood to the heart. Lower rates are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - - - - - - - - - - Score - - - - - - - - - - Observed - - - - - - - - - - Risk adjusted - - - - - - - - - - Ontario average 1.67% 1.66% 2.13% 2.14% 1.96% - 1.71% 1.82% 0.71% 0.48% Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario Carotid endarterectomy mortality rate Deaths due to a procedure that removes blockages from arteries in the neck to reduce the chance of stroke and brain damage. Lower rates are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank View View View View View View View View - - Score View View View View View View View View - - Observed 11.11% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% - - Risk adjusted 10.71% 0.37% 0.47% 0.46% 0.00% 0.70% 0.00% 0.00% - - Ontario average 1.70% 0.82% 1.27% 0.98% 0.84% 0.84% 0.75% 1.01% 1.36% 0.70% Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario Esophageal resection surgery mortality rate Deaths due to the surgical removal of the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach, often due to esophageal cancer. Lower rates are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - View View View View View View View - - Score - View View View View View View View - - Observed - 0.00% 4.35% 0.00% 50.00% 0.00% 11.76% 0.00% - - Risk adjusted - 2.03% 3.02% 6.67% 43.92% 4.33% 8.69% 6.49% - - Ontario average 13.79% 16.51% 13.66% 14.55% 14.73% 12.90% 9.91% 10.41% 22.87% 7.23% Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario Pancreatic resection surgery mortality rate Deaths due to the surgical removal of the pancreas in an attempt to cure pancreatic cancer. Lower rates are more desirable. MEASURE Year* 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02   02-03 03-04 04-05   05-06 06-07 Rank - View - View - View View View - - Score - View - View - View View View - - Observed - 0.00% - 9.09% - 14.29% 18.18% 0.00% - - Risk adjusted - 1.61% - 11.92% - 15.36% 14.07% 0.15% - - Ontario average 12.89% 9.91% 7.91% 8.09% 5.37% 11.35% 6.75% 4.37% 10.59% 9.47% Compare this indicator against other hospitals in Ontario * Note: It is not possible to compare data from 1997-2001 with data from 2002-2005 because of the change in coding classification.

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