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<p>The following tables show activity in National Health Service hospitals and NHS-commissioned activity in the independent sector in England. NHS England has provided a count of Finished Admission Episodes with a “primary” or “primary or secondary diagnosis” of scurvy, rickets, vitamin D deficiency and malnutrition by age group for 2022/23.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Primary Diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patient Age (years)</p></td><td><p>Scurvy</p></td><td><p>Rickets</p></td><td><p>Vitamin D Deficiency</p></td><td><p>Malnutrition</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-16</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 or over</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>752</p></td><td><p>741</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Primary or Secondary Diagnosis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Patient Age (years)</p></td><td><p>Scurvy</p></td><td><p>Rickets</p></td><td><p>Vitamin D Deficiency</p></td><td><p>Malnutrition</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>2,052</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>1,757</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-16</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>5,251</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 or over</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>176,317</p></td><td><p>10,301</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS England</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The root causes of malnutrition may be clinical (for example disease-related), social and/or economic. These problems often interact in a complex cycle. Some health conditions can lead to malnutrition including eating disorders, although malnutrition itself is not an eating disorder.</p> |