Table 3 The descriptive statistics of litigations arising from target categories of patients by year

Litigation related births

11

11

7

4

9

8.4

   Criminal litigation related

7

7

4

2

3

4.6

   Civil litigation related

4

4

3

2

6

3.8

Total births(× 10⁵)

2.47

2.59

2.79

2.41

2.33

2.52

Incidence of litigation related births(× 10^-5)

4.45

4.25

2.51

1.66

3.86

3.35

Litigation related emergency patients

3

6

8

3

6

5.2

   Criminal litigation related

3

6

2

0

0

2.2

   Civil litigation related

0

0

6

3

6

3

Total ER patients(× 10⁵)

54.60

58.84

61.84

62.00

66.01

60.66

Incidence of litigation related ER patients(× 10^-5)

0.06

0.10

0.13

0.05

0.09

0.09