HC Deb 14 December 1994 vol 251 cc688-91W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many hospital admissions there were for each month in 1991, 1992 and 1993 for(a) acute respiratory complaints and (b) bronchitis by local health authority and trust.

Mr. Moss

The information is set out in the tables attached, which take into account that there were no fully established trusts in Northern Ireland prior to April 1993.

Hospital admissions for acute respiratory infections by board:1991
Board of treatment
Month Eastern Northern Southern Western Total
January 433 261 234 189 1,117
February 383 233 226 175 1,017
March 392 247 264 187 1,090

Hospital admissions for acute respiratory infections by board:1991
Board of treatment
Month Eastern Northern Southern Western Total
April 403 227 227 156 1,013
May 432 206 201 165 1,004
June 382 213 175 146 916
July 340 170 150 116 776
August 353 160 127 120 760
September 433 190 198 193 1,014
October 476 236 242 223 1,177
November 441 213 219 190 1,063
December 557 279 284 249 1,369
Total 5,025 2,635 2,547 2,109 12,316

Hospital admissions for acute respiratory infections by board: 1992
Board of treatment
Month Eastern Northern Southern Western Total
January 533 317 235 232 1,317
February 501 285 197 206 1,189
March 428 200 45 189 862
April 418 184 37 124 763
May 375 208 48 127 758
June 382 196 82 160 820

Hospital admissions for acute respiratory infections by trust:1993
Trust
Month Royal Group Belfast City Green Park Ulster North Down and Ards Craigavon area Total
April 82 134 21 173 80 490
May 54 109 35 158 86 442
June 88 106 37 148 98 477
July 79 93 29 121 89 411
August 95 83 26 109 75 388
September 192 77 25 155 54 503
October 196 169 35 177 82 659
November 274 186 42 170 132 804
December 184 135 34 145 145 643
Total 1,244 1,092 284 1,356 841 4,817

Hospital admissions for bronchitis:1991
Board of treatment Northern Ireland
Month Eastern Northern Southern Western Total
January 72 32 48 40 192
February 149 39 98 88 374
March 136 23 86 76 321
April 55 7 30 28 120
May 25 8 20 11 64
June 31 2 14 6 53
July 17 1 9 5 32
August 15 4 0 7 26
September 30 12 13 26 81
October 32 3 16 23 74
November 65 6 11 28 110
December 125 34 70 56 285
Total 752 171 415 394 1,732

Hospital admissions for acute respiratory infections by board:1992
Board of treatment
Month Eastern Northern Southern Western Total
July 288 166 135 133 722
August 279 148 143 90 660
September 339 196 207 131 873
October 304 199 188 141 832
November 328 213 225 126 892
December 342 212 182 80 816
Total 4,517 2,524 1,724 1,739 10,504

Hospital admissions for acute respiratory infections by board:1993
Board of treatment
Month Eastern Northern Southern Western Total
January 413 227 192 190 1,022
February 375 278 152 251 1,056
March 467 310 128 251 1,156
April 495 246 162 192 1,095
May 423 245 156 211 1,035
June 470 236 203 187 1,096
July 393 186 193 163 935
August 399 189 147 168 903
September 524 248 140 224 1,136
October 692 314 170 233 1,409
November 816 381 301 344 1,842
December 621 329 289 258 1,497
Total 6,088 3,189 2,233 2,672 14,182

Hospital admissions for bronchitis 1992
Board of Treatment Northern Ireland
Month Eastern Northern Southern Western Total
January 86 48 73 51 258
February 53 26 30 32 141
March 30 14 5 16 65
April 28 4 0 16 48
May 14 5 1 24 44
June 19 7 1 13 40
July 9 5 3 8 25
August 9 4 9 4 26
September 10 2 7 8 27
October 14 0 3 7 24
November 17 2 6 10 35
December 21 9 14 15 59
Total 310 126 152 204 792

Hospitals admissions for bronchitis 1993
Board of treatment Northern Ireland
Month Eastern Northern Southern Western Total
January 58 11 24 24 117
February 138 49 35 64 286
March 71 42 34 97 244
April 35 7 12 25 79
May 14 5 5 23 47
June 21 4 4 28 57
July 6 3 1 10 20
August 9 4 0 9 22
September 12 2 7 19 40
October 25 3 5 9 42
November 42 12 7 26 87
December 101 23 47 32 203
Total 532 165 181 366 1244

Hospitals admissions for bronchitis 1993
Trust
Month Royal Group Belfast City Green Park Ulster North Down and Ards Craigavon area
April 7 3 2 16 5
May 1 5 1 4 0
June 3 4 0 3 0
July 1 4 0 1 0
August 3 1 0 3 0
September 2 6 0 0 0
October 8 8 1 2 2
November 9 6 0 10 0
December 60 4 14 18 19
Total 94 41 18 57 26