| Gender | Year | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| Total | Patients | 468 | 769 | 1,025 | 1,217 | 1,326 | 1,492 | 1,433 | 1,402 | 1,349 | 1,223 |
| Deaths | 5 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 26 | 24 | 30 | 22 | 21 | |
| Rate | 25.1 | 26.4 | 28.1 | 24.9 | 19.0 | 27.7 | 24.5 | 30.9 | 23.7 | 23.8 | |
| Female | Patients | 202 | 339 | 437 | 513 | 570 | 657 | 653 | 627 | 589 | 544 |
| Deaths | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 12 | |
| Rate | 11.8 | 18.2 | 29.2 | 22.7 | 24.9 | 26.7 | 25.0 | 32.4 | 19.7 | 30.5 | |
| Male | Patients | 266 | 430 | 588 | 704 | 756 | 835 | 780 | 775 | 760 | 679 |
| Deaths | 4 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 9 | |
| Rate | 35.0 | 32.8 | 27.4 | 26.5 | 14.6 | 28.5 | 24.0 | 29.7 | 26.7 | 18.4 | |