An observational study of the direct costs related to hospital admissions, mortality and premature death associated with liver disease in Portugal

Table 3 Number of discharges diagnosed with liver disease between 2000 and 2008

Year	Number diagnosed with liver disease
Year	Viral hepatitis	Cirrhosis	HCC	Other^a	All
2000	1509	5313	684	4111	11,617
2001	1317	5821	689	3755	11,582
2002	1744	5995	743	4067	12,549
2003	1599	5770	774	4330	12,473
2004	1399	5637	862	3963	11,861
2005	1087	5530	834	3997	11,448
2006	811	5431	862	3766	10,869
2007	811	5151	912	3752	10,627
2008	674	4769	1127	3933	10,503

^aIncludes: hepatoptosis; alcoholic liver damage unspecified; autoimmune hepatitis; toxic hepatitis; hepatitis unspecified

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