Mr. Gareth R. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) fatal accidents and (b) accidents requiring an overnight hospital stay there have been in each of the last 10 years. [152602]
§ Ms StuartThe number of deaths resulting from fatal accidents in England for 1989 to 1999 is shown in the table.
Year of registration Number of deaths 1989 10,672 1990 10,880 1991 10,193 1992 9,644 1993 9,608 1994 9,628 1995 9,372 1996 9,643 1997 10,157 1998 9,774 1999 9,970 The number of accidents requiring an overnight hospital stay of one night or more in a National Health Service hospital in England for 1990–91 to 1999–2000 is shown in the table.
Number of admissions 1990–91 578,065 1991–92 582,474
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1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–011 Ambulance Services 0.40 — — — — Antibiotics — — — 0.17 — Blood donation 0.38 0.60 1.70 20.22 — Children's services — — — — 0.60 Drugs — — — 0.34 — Flu — — — — 0.23 Maternity 0.10 — — — — National Health Service including nurse recruitment 1.43 1.30 4.90 4.21 4.90 NHS Direct — 0.12 0.78 1.20 1.15 Organ donation — — 0.77 0.47 0.49 Prescription fraud — — 0.38 — 1.40 Sexwise/teenage pregnancy — — — 0.39 1.01 Smoking — — — 36.18 8.66 Travel safe 0.85 — — — — Walk-in centres — — — — 0.30 Winter — — — 1.07 2.35 1Planned 2The Department's spend on blood donation advertising reduced in 1999–2000 because most of this activity was funded directly by the National Blood Authority, who took over full responsibility for this expenditure on 1 April 2000. 3Prior to 1999–2000 advertising on smoking was undertaken by the health education authority (HEA).
Number of admissions 1992–93 601,465 1993–94 611,502 1994–95 624,533 1995–96 400,371 1996–97 458,632 1997–98 462,211 1998–99 445,152 1999–2000 459,034 Note:
Changes in diagnosis coding from 1995–96 mean that data are not directly comparable over the 10 years from 1990–91 to 1999–2000