HC Deb 25 February 2002 vol 380 cc936-7W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the(a) number, (b) percentage and (c) age of people (i) admitted to and (ii) discharged from hospital who were malnourished, in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [12918]

Yvette Cooper

The tables show figures on the number of admissions and discharges of people whose main diagnosis was malnutrition from 1995–96 to 1999–2000.

The discharges figures are slightly higher than the admissions figures. This may be that the main diagnosis prior to discharge may be different from the admission diagnosis. For example, a patient could be admitted for treatment of a condition resulting from malnutrition, and moved to another consultant afterwards to be treated for the malnutrition. It is also possible that a patient is admitted for an unrelated condition, but also have malnutrition diagnosed while in hospital and be treated for this before discharge.

Discharges from NHS hospitals in England where the patient's main diagnosis was malnutrition, 1995–96 to 1999–2000
Malnutrition discharges
Age 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
0–4 11 13 15 6 11
10–14 7 14 13 15 6
15–44 60 71 59 74 54
45–64 57 45 59 61 67
65–74 43 34 36 47 30
75–84 54 47 45 39 45
85 and over 37 25 27 30 27
0 0 0 0 0
Not known Total 270 249 253 272 240

Note:

The main diagnosis is the first of seven diagnosis fields in the HES data set, and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. Data in this table are adjusted for both coverage and unknown/invalid data, except for 1998–99 and 1999–2000 which are not yet adjusted for.

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

Discharges from NHS hospitals in England where the patient's main diagnosis was malnutrition, 1995–96 to 1999–2000
Malnutrition discharges per 100,000
Age 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
0-4 1.0 1.2 1.3 0.5 1.0
10-14 1.3 2.8 2.5 2.9 1.2
15-44 1.7 2.0 1.6 2.0 1.5
45-64 2.7 2.1 2.6 2.6 2.8
65-74 3.1 2.5 2.5 3.2 2.0
75-84 4.7 4.0 3.6 3.0 3.3
85 and over 7.8 4.5 4.5 5.3 4.7
Not known 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.1

Note:

The main diagnosis is the first of seven diagnosis fields in the HES data set, and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. Data in this table are adjusted for both coverage and unknown/invalid data, except for 1998–99 and 1999–2000 which are not yet adjusted for.

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

Admissions to NHS hospitals in England where the patient's main diagnosis was malnutrition, 1995–96 to 1999–2000
All admissions
Age 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
0-4 1,132,151 1,097,885 1,123,059 1,124,564 1,098,320
10-14 523,318 493,916 509,949 507,001 501,534
15-44 3,585,082 3,496,224 3,547,914 3,636,100 3,619,428
45-64 2,070,659 2,050,262 2,180,458 2,333,056 2,400,880
65-74 1,353,144 1,322,310 1,390,765 1,459,225 1,500,357
75-84 1,122,025 1,129,724 1,196,840 1,271,028 1,319,641
85 and over 456,147 530,710 574,593 539,601 556,687
Not known 4,476 7,929 13,958 18,397 29,097
Total 10,247,002 10,128,960 10,537,536 10,888,972 11,025,944

Note:

  • The main diagnosis is the first of seven diagnosis fields in the HES data set, and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
  • Data in this table are adjusted for both coverage and unknown/invalid data, except for 1998–99 and 1999–2000 which are not yet adjusted for.

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

Admissions to NHS hospitals in England where the patient's main diagnosis was malnutrition, 1995–96 to 1999–2000
Malnutrition admissions per 100,000
Age 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
0-4 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.4 0.9
10-14 1.3 2.8 2.4 3.0 1.2
15-44 1.5 1.9 1.6 2.0 1.5
45-64 2.7 2.2 3.0 2.7 2.6
65-74 2.8 2.1 2.2 2.9 1.9
75-84 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.0 3.1
85 and over 7.7 5.1 5.4 4.1 4.3
Not known 0.0 0.0 0,0 0.0 0.0
Total 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.0

Note:

The main diagnosis is the first of seven diagnosis fields in the HES data set, and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. Data in this table are adjusted for both coverage and unknown/invalid data, except for 1998–99 and 1999–2000 which are not yet adjusted for.

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

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