HC Deb 03 April 2002 vol 382 cc1040-1W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients have been treated for(a) alcoholism and (b) alcohol-related disease in each region in the last five years. [42613]

Ms Blears

The information available is shown in the table.

NHS hospital admissions where there was a primary diagnosis of selected alcohol related disease, by NHS Regional Office area of treatment
England, 1996–97 to 2000–01 Number of admissions
Primary diagnosis (ICD10) England Northern & Yorkshire Trent Anglia & Oxford North Thames South Thames South West West Midlands North West
2000–01
F10 Mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol 27,300 4,500 2,700 3,300 5,600 1,800 3,800 3,500 2,100
K70 Alcoholic liver disease 10,100 1,500 1,100 1,200 1,900 900 1,400 1,100 1,000
T51 Toxic effect of alcohol 1,700 400 100 100 300 200 100 300 200

Notes:

1. The data include private patients in NHS hospitals.

2. The data do not include patients admitted with a primary diagnosis not related to alcohol (eg an injury).

3. Data in the table have been rounded to the nearest one hundred admissions. Data for 1996–97 to 1999–2000 have been grossed for both coverage and unknown/invalid clinical data.

4. ICD10=International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision.

Source:

Department of Health, Hospital Episode Statistics.