§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the cost(a) of osteoporosis to the Scottish economy, (b) of running a basic diagnosis and prevention service and (c) of hospital treatment (i) per patient and (ii) in total in each health board. [13843]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThis information is not held centrally.
§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of beds in orthopaedic wards have been occupied by osteoporosis fracture patients over the last 12 months. [13844]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe percentage of average staffed beds' occupied by patients with a diagnosis of fracture and osteoporosis2 in the speciality of orthopaedics was 0.2 per cent.—4.1 average occupied292W beds out of 2,012 average available staffed beds—for the year ending September 1995. The data on occupied beds are provisional.
Source:
1 DS(S)1 31 March 1995.
2 SMRI for the year ending 30 September 1995—ICD codes 733.0 (osteoporosis) in principal position with fracture (800–829) in a se condary position or fracture (800–829) in principal with osteoporosis (733.0) in a secondary position.
§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people died in 1993–94 as a result of fractures due to osteoporosis. [13846]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe number of people in Scotland who died in 1993 and 1994 as a result of fractures due to osteoporosis' is as follows:
- 1993: 13
- 1994: 15
Note:
1 World Health Organisation International Classification of Diseases (Ninth Revision) code 733.1.