§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children between 11 and 15 years were admitted to hospital in 2003 owing to alcohol-related problems. [152556]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe table shows the number of admissions to national health service hospitals of children aged 11 to 15 with a primary diagnosis of alcohol-related illness during 2002–03.
Primary diagnosis Total admission episodes Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol 2,760 Alcoholic liver disease 0 Toxic effect of alcohol 562 Total 3,322 Notes.
1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
3. Figures have not (yet) been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health.