HC Deb 17 December 1997 vol 303 cc220-1W
Jane Griffiths

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women have(a) been admitted to hospital with and (b) died as a result of ectopic pregnancies in each of the last 20 years. [20677]

Ms Jowell

The information available is in the table.

England
Deaths from ectopic pregnancies1 Admissions to hospital2
1977 9 40,503
1978 6 39,503
1979 3 3,940
1980 10 3,570
1981 5 3,930
1982 2 4,270
1983 6 4,700
1984 3 4,830
1985 3 4,640
1986 2 2n/a
1987 4 n/a
1988 4 n/a
1989 6 n/a
1990 6 89,885
1991 4 9,231
1992 4 9,978
1993 1 10,074
1994 5 9,694
1995 6 9,722
1996 4 9,525

1Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS).

2Source: Department of Health, Statistics Division SD2B.

3England and Wales figures only available.

4Information from 1979 to 1985 is obtained from the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE). The Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) system replaced HIPE and 1989–90 is the earliest year for which HES data were published.

5Hospital statistics from 1990 are for financial year ending 31 March.

n/a = not available.

Figures for 1977–78 use the International Classification of Diseases code Eighth Revision, (ICD 8) category 631; 1979–96 uses the International Classification of Disease code Ninth Revision (ICD 9) category 633; and 1995–96 uses the International Classification of Disease code Tenth Revision (ICD 10) category 000.