§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children under the age of 16 years were admitted to hospital as a result of severe unintentional injury resulting in a stay longer than three days for(a) 1997–98 and (b) 1998–99, (i) in absolute terms and (ii) expressed as a rate per thousand people. [108347]
§ Yvette CooperThe Hospital Episode Statistics database indicates that, in 1997–98, 10,457 children under the age of 16 were admitted to hospital as a result of an 333W unintentional injury that resulted in a stay longer than three days. This translates into a rate per thousand people of 1.04. Figures for 1998–99 are not yet available.