§ Andy KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people suffered a stroke in the last year in(a) Rugby and Kenilworth and (b) England. [174961]
§ Dr. LadymanThe information requested is shown in the table.
Primary diagnosis (ICD-10 160–169) cerebrovascular diseases. Count of finished admission episodes for selected primary care
trusts (PCTs) of residence and England national health service
hospitals, 2002–03
Primary diagnosis
code
Description North Warwickshire
PCT
Rugby PCT
England 160 Subarachnoid haemorrhage 20 14 161 Intracerebral haemorrhage 20 17 162 Other nontraumatic intracranial haemorrhage
23 * 163 Cerebral infarction 63 71 164 Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction
159 34 165 Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, not
resulting in cerebral
infarction
* 8 166 Occlusion and stenosis of cerebral arteries, not
resulting in cerebral
infarction
* — 167 Other cerebrovascular diseases
16 * 168 Cerebrovascular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
— — 169 Sequelae of cerebrovascular disease
— — 160–169 Cerebrovascular Diseases 317 156 1 Notes:
Finished admission episodes
A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care 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.
Diagnosis (Primary Diagnosis)
The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (7 prior to 2002–03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital
Ungrossed Data
Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed).
Low numbers
Due to reasons of confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 at PCT level have been suppressed and replaced with *(an asterisk).
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health