HC Deb 05 February 2002 vol 379 cc926-30W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out for each NHS(a) region, (b) health authority and (c) trust the mortality rate (i) in hospital and (ii) within 30 days of discharge of people aged 75 and over in each quarter in the last four years, giving (A) the actual number and (B) the proportion of the total of those aged 75 and over admitted in each case. [31876]

Jacqui Smith

[holding answer 31 January 2002]: The information requested is shown in the tables.

The mortality rate in hospital for patients aged over 75 is only available at national, regional and health authority level. (Table 1—regional rate and table 2—health authority rate).

The mortality rate within 30 days of discharge for patients aged 75 and over is available only at national level (table 3).

Hospital episode statistics: Discharge episodes aged 75 and over with death rates by regional office of treatment: NHS hospital trusts in England 2000–01
Discharged
Regional office Live Death Total number discharged Death rate (percentage)
Northern and Yorkshire regional 247,466 21,057 268,523 7.8
Trent regional office 198,438 17,330 215,768 8.0
West midlands regional office 185,538 17,812 203,350 8.8
North-west regional office 266,002 22,366 288,368 7.8
Eastern regional office 201,050 17,659 218,709 8.1
London regional office 213,809 21,605 235,414 9.2
South-east regional office 278,148 26,701 304,849 8.8
South-west regional office 225,356 18,159 243,515 7.5
Total 1,815,807 162,689 1,978,496 8.2

Note:

Figures in this table have not yet been adjusted for shortfalls in data

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

Hospital episode statistics: Discharge episodes aged 75 and over with death rates by health authority of treatment, England 2000–01
Discharged
Health authority Live Death Total number discharged Death rate (percentage)
QA2 Hillingdon HA 5,602 710 6,312 11
QA3 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA 17,696 1,170 18,866 6
QA4 Enfield and Haringey HA 6,199 976 7,175 14
QA5 Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA 16,522 1,972 18,494 11
QA6 Bedfordshire HA 14,509 1,296 15,805 8
QA7 Berkshire HA 21,828 2,370 24,198 10
QA8 Buckinghamshire HA 16,144 1,577 17,721 9
QAA Bexley and Greenwich HA 11,626 1,412 13,038 11
QAC Bromley HA 9,755 881 10,636 8
QAD Croydon HA 7,141 841 7,982 11
QAE East Kent HA 24,630 2,526 27,156 9
QAF West Kent HA 27,773 3,191 30,964 10
QAG Kingston and Richmond HA 10,261 1,120 11,381 10
QAH Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA 20,026 1,888 21,914 9
QAJ Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA 20,732 2,226 22,958 10
QAK East Surrey HA 210 18 228 8
QAL West Surrey HA 21,790 2,156 23,946 9
QAM East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA 31,561 2,789 34,350 8
QAN West Sussex HA 37,532 3,412 40,944 8
QAP Barking and Havering HA 13,197 1,515 14,712 10
QAQ Barnet HA 12,654 1,438 14,092 10
QAR Brent and Harrow HA 9,329 722 10,051 7
QAT Camden and Islington HAS 24,016 1,483 25,499 6
QAV Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA 15,234 1,757 16,991 10
QAW East London and The City HA 13,819 1,494 15,313 10
QAX North Essex HA 28,385 3,138 31,523 10
QAY South Essex HA 23,575 2,426 26,001 9
QC1 South Lancashire HA 5,312 462 5,774 8
QC2 Liverpool HA 16,559 1,140 17,699 6
QC3 Manchester HA 29,300 1,974 31,274 6
QC4 Morcambe Bay HA 14,022 1,287 15,309 8
QC5 St. Helens and Knowsley HA 10,171 1,041 11,212 9
QC6 Salford and Trafford HA 13,526 1,259 14,785 9
QC7 Sefton HA 20,779 1,776 22,555 8
QC8 QC8 Stockport HA 11,801 1,006 12,807 8
QC9 West Pennine HA 16,935 1,546 18,481 8
QCC Northamptonshire HA 17,419 1,615 19,034 8
QCE Oxfordshire HA 18,907 4,659 20,566 8
QCF Suffolk HA 23,106 2,189 25,295 9
QCG Barnsley HA 8,086 778 8,864 9
QCH North Derbyshire HA 13,020 1,105 14,125 /
QCJ Southern Derbyshire HA 20,738 1,550 22,288 7
QCK Doncaster HA 13,781 1,071 14,852 /
QCL Leicestershire HA 27,738 2,383 30,121 8
QCM Lincolnshire HA 21,548 2,236 23,784 9
QCN North Nottinghamshire HA 17,233 1,650 18,883 9
QCP Nottingham HA 27,675 2,450 30,125 8
QCQ Rotherham HA 8,323 821 9,144 9
QCR Sheffield HA 26,214 2,130 28,344 8
QCT Bury and Rochdale HA 11,143 1,127 12,270 9
QCV North Cheshire HA 11,273 1,034 12,307 8

Hospital episode statistics: Discharge episodes aged 75 and over with death rates by health authority of treatment, England 2000–01
Discharged
Health authority Live Death Total number discharged Death rate (percentage)
QCW South Cheshire HA 20,213 1,884 22,097 9
QCX East Lancashire HA 18,782 1,450 20,232 7
QCY North West Lancashire HA 31,735 1,914 33,649 6
QD1 North and Mid Hampshire HA 13,281 1,119 14,400 8
QD2 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA 23,407 2,039 25,446 8
QD3 Southampton and South West Hampshire HA 19,487 1,681 21,168 8
QD4 Isle of Wight HA 4,179 549 4,728 12
QD5 Somerset HA 18,688 1,556 20,244 8
QD6 South and West Devon HA 28,871 2,227 31,098 7
QD7 Wiltshire HA 17,097 1,770 18,867 9
QD8 Avon HA 47,221 3,899 51,120 8
QD9 Birmingham HA 45,941 4,288 50,229 9
QD 1 Wigan and Bolton HA 19,071 1,988 21,059 9
QDC Wirral HA 15,380 1,478 16,858 9
QDD Bradford HA 20,381 1,563 21,944 7
QDE County Durham HA 17,109 1,498 18,607 8
QDF East Riding HA 17,181 1,461 18,642 8
QDG Gateshead and South Tyneside HA 12,451 1,323 13,774 10
QDH Leeds HA 28,376 2,284 30,660 7
QDK Newcastle and North Tyneside HA 24,365 1,430 25,795 6
QDK North Cumbria HA 11,960 1,086 13,046 8
QDL South Humber HA 14,082 1,156 15,238 8
QDM Northumberland HA 17,031 1,638 18,669 9
QDN Sunderland HA 13,949 1,192 15,141 8
QDP Tees HA 22,906 1,916 24,822 8
QDQ Wakefield HA 12,655 1,111 13,766 8
QDR North Yorkshire HA 29,737 2,762 32,499 8
QDT Calderdale and Kirklees HA 19,365 1,793 21,158 8
QDV Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA 19,636 1,506 21,142 7
QDW Dorset HA 44,830 3,358 48,188 7
QDX North and East Devon HA 26,547 1,888 28,435 7
QDY Gloucestershire HA 22,466 1,955 24,421 8
QEA Coventry HA 13,579 1,440 15,019 10
QEC Dudley HA 10,272 1,115 11,387 10
QED Herefordshire HA 7,598 596 8,194 7
QEE Sandwell HA 7,852 856 8,438 10
QEF Shropshire HA 16,038 1,242 17,280 7
QEG Solihull HA 155 12 167 7
QEH North Staffordshire HA 20,646 1,710 22,356 8
QEJ South Staffordshire HA 15,019 1,411 16,430 9
QEK Walsall HA 6,123 989 7,112 14
QEL Warwickshire HA 14,326 1,446 15,772 9
QEM Wolverhampton HA 11,986 1,040 13,026 8
QEN Worcestershire HA 16,273 1,667 17,940 9
QEP East and North Hertfordshire HA 14,465 1,393 15,858 9
QEQ West Hertfordshire HA 14,095 1,254 15,349 8
QER Cambridge HA 27,959 2,384 30,343 8
QET Norfolk HA 54,956 3,579 58,535 6
Total 1,815,807 162,689 1,978,496 8

Note:

Figures in this table have not yet been adjusted for shortfalls in data

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

Deaths in hospital within 30 days of surgery
England Number of patients1 with operations Number of deaths Percentage Who died
Emergency admissions:
1997–98 120,500 12,400 10.26
1998–99 136,000 14,600 10.71
Non-emergency admissions:
1997–98 204,200 2,800 1.38
1998–99 224,400 3,200 1.41
1 Aged 75 and over

Notes:

1. Rounded to the nearest 100.

2. "Surgery" includes many medical interventions and is consistent with definitions used in Clinical Indicators.

Source:

NHS Performance Indicators, Department of Health, July 2000, ad hoc analysis