§ Mr. ChisholmTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many emergency admissions to hospitals where the diagnosis related to a respiratory disease other than influenza there were in each month in (i) 1993, (ii) 1994, (iii) 1995 and (iv) 1996 in respect of patients aged(a) 0 to 14, (b) 14 to 64 and (c) 64 years and over. [48986]
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Number of emergency admissions where a respiratory diagnosis1 excluding influenza was recorded Age group (years) Year of admission Month of admission under 15 15–64 65+ Total 1993 January 1,337 1,542 2,674 5,553 February 1,648 1,338 2,239 5,225 March 1,546 1,692 2,906 6,144 April 1,061 1,338 2,386 4,785 May 1,147 1,425 2,207 4,779 June 1,132 1,397 2,178 4,707 July 872 1,356 2,003 4,231 August 909 1,358 1,965 4,232 September 1,381 1,467 2,071 4,919 October 1,679 1,952 2,810 6,441 November 1,945 1,962 3,713 7,620 December 2,144 1,783 3,190 7,117 Total 16,801 18,610 30,342 65,753 1994 January 1,587 1,786 3,067 6,440 February 1,216 1,429 2,304 4,949 March 1,214 1,569 2,474 5,257 April 966 1,450 2,354 4,770 May 1,141 1,575 2,280 4,996 June 1,033 1,455 2,263 4,751 July 751 1,395 2,229 4,375 August 722 1,511 2,040 4,273 September 1,143 1,557 2,188 4,888 October 1,174 1,651 2,303 5,128 November 1,532 1,594 2,216 5,342 December 1,955 1,758 2,792 6,505 Total 14,434 18,730 28,510 61,674 1995 January 1,548 1,841 2,946 6,335 February 1,453 1,477 2,458 5,388 March 1,357 1,742 2,737 5,836 April 955 1,569 2,452 4,976 May 984 1,691 2,498 5,173 June 1,011 1,687 2,354 5,052 July 705 1,612 2,312 4,629 August 665 1,594 2,145 4,404 September 1,120 1,866 2,276 5,262 Figures are shown separately for the policy core and Executive Agencies of The Scottish Office.
§ Mr. GalbraithThe number of emergency admissions to NHS hospitals in Scotland, where a diagnosis related to a respiratory disease other than influenza was recorded in each month in 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 in respect of patients aged under 15, 15 to 64 and 65 years and over is given in the table.
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Number of emergency admissions where a respiratory diagnosis1 excluding influenza was recorded Age group (years) Year of admission Month of admission under 15 15–64 65+ Total October 1,221 1,953 2,537 5,711 November 2,067 2,150 3,116 7,333 December 2,505 2,280 4,457 9,242 Total 15,591 21,462 32,288 69,341 1996 January 1,934 2,133 3,801 7,868 February 1,458 1,664 2,568 5,690 March 1,291 1,809 2,771 5,871 April 980 1,799 2,785 5,564 May 1,120 1,693 2,665 5,478 June 994 1,656 2,480 5,130 July 783 1,621 2,361 4,765 August 784 1,662 2,288 4,734 September 1,121 1,643 2,324 5,088 October 906 1,654 2,524 5,084 November 1,162 1,647 2,555 5,364 December 1,871 2,297 4,001 8,169 Total 14,404 21,278 33,123 68,805 1Respiratory diagnosis, excluding influenza—cases selected from relevant codes based on the Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases 9th and 10th Revisions (ICD9 & ICD10 respectively), the codes used were ICD9 460–519, excluding 487 and ICD10 J00–J99, excluding J10–J1 Source:
ISD Scotland, SMR1/SMR01