HC Deb 04 March 2002 vol 381 cc137-8W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 7 February 2002,Official Report, column 1155W, on nutrition, how many episodes of hospital inpatients with a primary diagnosis relating to malnutrition there were, broken down by (a) age, (b) health authority and (c) region, in the last five years. [37763]

Yvette Cooper

[holding answer 27 February 2002]: The tables show a count of episodes of care where the main diagnosis was malnutrition by age (Table 1) and regional office area of residence (Table 2). Figures for health authority of residence have not been given as the numbers are very small and subject to variation.

Table 1—Finished consultant episodes for main diagnosis of malnutrition by age. National health service hospitals, England 1996–97 to 2000–01
Age 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
0–4 13 13 6 11 17
5–14 14 13 15 6 6
15–44 78 62 86 68 47
45–64 62 82 82 87 73
65–74 34 39 59 46 53
75–84 62 55 50 67 65
85 and Over 34 36 38 34 45
Total 297 300 336 319 306

Table 2—Finished consultant episodes for main diagnosis of malnutrition by regional office area of residence. NHS hospitals, England 1996–97 to 2000–01
1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
Northern and Yorkshire 32 55 43
Trent 28 17 40
Anglia and Oxford 27 10 29
North Thames 28 53 53
South Thames 31 30 29
South and West 62 43 69
West Midlands 50 45 36
North West 37 40 33
Wales 0 0 1
Foreign 0 1 1
Not known 2 6 2
Total 297 300 336

1999–2000 2000–01
Northern and Yorkshire 31 28
Trent 49 27
West Midlands 30 30
North West 42 47
Eastern 41 42
London 47 50
South East 43 39
South West 33 40
Wales 0 0
Foreign 2 2
Not known 1 1
Total 319 306

Notes:

I. A finished consultant episode (FCE) is defined as a period of patient care under one consultant in one health care provider. The figures do not represent the number of patients, as one person may have several episodes within the year.

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 for 1996–97 and 1997–98 are adjusted for both coverage and unknown/invalid clinical data; 1998–99 to 2000–01 are not yet adjusted for shortfalls.

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health