HC Deb 22 January 2002 vol 378 c758W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the accident rate per 100 persons has been in each of the last available five years. [27363]

Yvette Cooper

The number of in-patient admissions for accidents and rates per 100,000 population is shown in the table.

Hospital episode statistics: Admissions and rates per 100,000 population where the primary diagnosis1 is "accidents" (ICDIO codes S00-T98) with a relevant cause2 code (CD10 codes V01-X59, Y40-Y84)
Year Admissions Rates per 100,000 population
2000–01 467,036 934
1999–2000 491,364 988
1998–99 471,297 952
1997–98 480,525 975
1996–97 474,469 967
1 The primary diagnosis is the first of seven diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics data set, and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
2 The cause code is a supplementary code which indicates the nature of the condition.

Note:

Data in this table are adjusted for both coverage and unknown/invalid clinical data, except for 1998–99 to 2000–01 which are not yet adjusted for shortfalls.

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health

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