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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, with 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 2020/21 and 2021/22:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2020/21</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>41</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-16</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 or over</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>586</p></td><td><p>765</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><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>3</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>1,715</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1,698</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-16</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4,713</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 or over</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>126,785</p></td><td><p>9,681</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2021/22</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>2</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-16</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 or over</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>863</p></td><td><p>843</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><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>41</p></td><td><p>2,054</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1,810</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-16</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6,022</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 or over</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>167,169</p></td><td><p>10,242</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS England</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> |