§ Baroness Cumberlegeasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many NHS hip replacement operations have been carried out each year since 1970.
§ Baroness Jay of PaddingtonThe information is shown in the following table.
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Table: hip replacements performed in NHS hospitals Year England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Yearly total 1970 12,020 — — —3 12,020 1971 16,440 — — —3 16,440 1972 18,460 1,217 — —3 19,677 1973 18,160 1,575 — —3 19,735 1974 20,220 1,740 142 —3 22,102 1975 21,480 1,777 1,014 —3 24,271 1976 24,340 2,020 1,240 —3 27,600 1977 25,160 2,204 1,363 —3 28,727 1978 25,760 2,465 1,408 —3 29,633 1979 29,210 2,496 1,539 —3 33,245 1980 31,620 2,974 1,638 —3 36,232 1981 32,260 3,063 1,546 —3 36,869 1982 33,220 3,488 1,543 —3 38,251 1983 36,610 3,265 1,815 —3 41,690 1984 37,410 4,060 1,841 —3 43,311 1985 36,760 4,074 1,854 —3 42,688 1986 —1 4,574 1,934 —3 6,508 1987–88 —1 4,867 2,149 —3 7,016 1988–89 46,490 5,170 1,945 —3 53,605 1989–90 50,370 6,402 2,010 —3 58,782 1990–91 49,647 5,513 1,697 —3 56,857 1991–92 55,399 5,615 2,500 1,328 64,842 1992–93 57,381 5,793 3,116 1,542 67,832
Table: hip replacements performed in NHS hospitals Year England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland Yearly total 1993–94 58,643 6,093 3,233 1,740 69,709 1994–95 62,510 6,221 3,647 1,940 74,318 1995–96 —2 6,531 3,611 2,264 12,406 Notes:
England:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1987–88.
1 Transition period following introduction of new data collection system means data for these years is not of sufficient quality.
2Data not yet available.
Scotland:
All operations relate to those carried out in NHS hospitals as principal operation.
Wales:
Moved to counting over the financial year rather than calendar year from 1983–84.
Northern Ireland:
3Adequate data prior to 1991–92 is not available.