§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the figures for the proportion of patients in hospital, at the latest convenient date, between the ages of (a) 0 to five years, (b) five to 10 years, (c) 10 to 20 years, (d) 20 to 30 years, (e) 30 to 40 years, (f) 40 to 50 years, (g) 50 to 60 years, (h) 60 to 70 years and (i) over 70 years, respectively.
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 9 February 1984, c. 752]: The age distribution of patients on a given date is available for resident patients in mental illness and mental handicap hospitals and units although not for the exact age-groups requested. The age distribution of other hospital inpatients is available only as an estimate in terms of the average daily bed occupancy over a year.
The latest available information is given in the following tables.
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Average daily occupied beds in non-psychiatric NHS hospitals during 1981 England Age group Percentage of occupied beds 0–4 3.7 5–9 1.4 10–19 4.2 20–29 8.5 30–39 6.3 40–49 5.3 50–59 8.8 60–69 13.9 70 and over 48.0 Total 100.0
Resident patients in NHS mental illness and mental handicap hospitals and units at 31 December 1982 England Age group Percentage of resident patients 0–4 0.1 5–9 0.4 10–18 3.2 19–64 56.2 65–74 17.6 75 and over 22.6 Total 100.0