§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each month in the years 1994, 1995 and 1996 the number of admissions to hospital from people suffering from hypothermia. [47971]
§ Mr. GalbraithThe number of inpatient and day case discharges from acute NHS hospitals in Scotland where a diagnosis of hypothermia was recorded in each month in 1994, 1995 and 1996 is given in the table.
Number of inpatient and day case discharges where a diagnosis of hypothermia1 was recorded Year/month admitted Number of discharges 1994 January 53 February 49 March 45 April 25 May 17 June 16 July 6 August 11 September 20 October 20 November 28 December 45 Total 1994 335 1995 January 40 February 51 March 36 April 23 May 21 June 9 July 17 August 11 September 16 October 20 November 26 December 87 Total 1995 357 1996 January 53 February 23 March 46 April 21 May 20 June 20 July 24 August 9 September 25 October 28 November 42 December 58 Total 1996 369 1Accidental hypothermia—cases selected from relevant codes based on the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases 9th and 10th Revisions (ICD9 and ICD10 respectively): the codes used were ICD9 991.6; ICD10 T68 Source:
ISD Scotland, SMR1/SMR01