Health written question – answered at on 12 June 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the five most common causes of admission to hospital have been for (a) children and (b) adults in Bolton since 2010.
The information is shown in the following table:
Count of Finished Admission Episodes (FAEs)1 for the highest primary diagnoses2 in Bolton Primary Care Trust3, for children (aged 0 to 17-years-old) and adults (over 18-years-old), from 2010-11 to 2012-134 | |||||
Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector | |||||
Age group | Diagnosis code | Diagnosis description | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 |
0 to 17 years | Z38 | Liveborn infants according to place of birth | 3,908 | 4,273 | 5,365 |
B34 | Viral infection of unspecified site | 543 | 634 | 911 | |
K02 | Dental caries | 745 | 705 | 497 | |
J06 | Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites | 390 | 362 | 463 | |
P59 | Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causes | 227 | 385 | 451 | |
J03 | Acute tonsillitis | 469 | 462 | 427 | |
R10 | Abdominal and pelvic pain | 369 | 406 | 292 | |
Total admissions | 6,651 | 7,227 | 8,406 | ||
18+ years | Z34 | Supervision of normal pregnancy | 1,620 | 2,369 | 2,646 |
R10 | Abdominal and pelvic pain | 1,884 | 1,972 | 2,128 | |
H35 | Other retinal disorders | 1,020 | 1,623 | 1,839 | |
O26 | Maternal care for other conditions predominantly related to pregnancy | 1,293 | 1,462 | 1,794 | |
R07 | Pain in throat and chest | 1,636 | 1,562 | 1,537 | |
H26 | Other cataract | 2,210 | 2,308 | 1,414 | |
Total admissions | 9,663 | 11,296 | 11,358 | ||
1Finished admission episodes A finished admission episode (FAE) is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period. 2Primary diagnosis The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital. For the purpose of this query, 3-character diagnosis codes were used to calculate the FAEs. There are more than five diagnoses listed for each age group because the top five for each year have been listed. 3PCT of main provider This indicates the PCT area within which the organisation providing treatment was located. 4Assessing growth through time (in-patients) HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre. |
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