HC Deb 16 July 2003 vol 409 cc412-3W
Mr. Cameron

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the incidence of endometriosis was in the Thames Valley Health Authority in the last year for which figures are available. [124908]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The incidence of endometriosis for 2001–02, the last year for which figures are available, for the Thames Valley Health Authority is shown in the table.

Primary Diagnosis (ICD10 N80) Endometriosis: Finished consultant episodes Count of finished admission episodes by selected health authorities (HAs) of treatment. NHS Hospitals, 2001–02
Health authority of treatment Description Total episodes
QA7 Berkshire HA 161
QA8 Buckinghamshire HA 211
QCE Oxfordshire HA 168
Total Thames Valley1 540
1Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority was created in April 2002 by the merger of the three HAs quoted above.

Notes:

  1. 1. Admissions are defined as the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
  2. 2. Figures have not yet been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data is ungrossed).
  3. 3. The primary diagnosis is the first of seven diagnosis fields in the HES data set, and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health, England.

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