§ Phil SawfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in England suffer from osteoporosis. [179681]
§ Dr. LadymanThe information requested is not available centrally. However, hospital episode statistics give accounts of admissions to national health service hospitals in England by English residents. In 2002–03, there were 8,888 finished admissions episodes where the primary diagnosis was osteoporosis.
Note:
1. 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.
2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the hospital episode statistics data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital.
3. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data is ungrossed).