Children (Common Conditions) (Hansard, 9 June 2004)

§ Dr. Ladyman

Hospital episode statistics record reasons for hospital admission. The table shows the primary diagnosis for the 10 most common conditions, by broad classification, as cause of admission in the age range 0 to 16 years in 2002–03.

Primary diagnosis by ICD10 relevant diagnosis chapter headings—finished admission episodes by age breakdown 0–16 years.
	Condition	Number
Chapter X	Diseases of the respiratory system (JOO-J99)	179,357
Chapter XVI	Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (POO-P96)	150,402
Chapter XIX	Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (SOO-T98)	139,107
Chapter XI	Diseases of the digestive system (KOO-K93)	135,705
Chapter XVII	Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (QOO-Q99)	74,976	Chapter 1	Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (AOO-B99)	72,213
Chapter II	Neoplasms (COO-D48)	53,782
Chapter VIII	Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)	47,994
Chapter XIV	Diseases of the genitourinary system (NOO-N99)	47,548
Chapter XIII	Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (MOO-M99)	30,091
Notes:
1. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
2. A finished admission episode is 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.
3. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
Source:
Hospital episode statistics, Department of Health.