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Dept of Health

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Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged between 11 and 15 years were admitted to hospital in each strategic health authority owing to alcohol-related problems in each year since 2002-03. [221890] Miss Melanie Johnson: [holding answer 16 March 2005]: Episodes of children aged between 11 and 15 years admitted to hospital in each strategic health authority owing to alcohol-related problems in each year since 2001-02 are shown in the table. Counts of finished in-year admissions where there was a primary diagnosis or cause code for alcohol related diseases. Age at admission: 11 to 15 years National health service hospitals in strategic health authorities, England 2001-02 to 2003-04 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Strategic health 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 authority Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and 118 99 126 Cambridgeshire Q02 Bedfordshire and 151 122 119 Hertfordshire Q03 Essex 37 43 49 Q04 North West London 71 54 86 Q05 North Central London 47 66 63 Q06 North East London 43 58 80 Q07 South East London 43 59 69 Q08 South West London 127 122 140 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and 141 124 93 Wear Q10 County Durham and Tees 68 112 121 Valley Q11 North and East Yorkshire 167 109 196 and Northern Lincolnshire Q12 West Yorkshire 167 156 159 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire 152 206 184 Q14 Greater Manchester 227 254 276 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside 265 264 321 Q16 Thames Valley 96 71 88 Q17 Hampshire and Isle of 82 91 112 Wight Q18 Kent and Medway 141 103 128 Q19 Surrey and Sussex 169 229 225 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire 99 106 142 and Wiltshire Q21 South West Peninsula 91 100 152 Q22 Dorset and Somerset 90 69 64 Q23 South Yorkshire 99 89 94 Q24 Trent 168 150 125 Q25 Leicestershire, 62 62 67 Northamptonshire and Rutland Q26 Shropshire and 112 122 138 Staffordshire Q27 Birmingham and the Black 209 167 222 Country Q28 West Midlands South 122 116 131 Y Not known 313 -- -- Total 3,679 3,323 3,770 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: Alcohol-related diseases: These are defined by a primary diagnosis of mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol (ICD10 code F10), alcoholic liver disease (K70) or toxic effect of alcohol (T51) or a cause code of accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol (X45). Finished in-year admissions: A finished in-year admission is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider, excluding admissions beginning before 1 April at the start of the data-year. 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 (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. Cause code: The cause code is a supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects. Grossing: Figures are grossed for both coverage and missing or invalid clinical data, except for 2002-03 and 2003-04, which are not yet adjusted for shortfalls. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

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Type

Written question

Reference

432 c738W; 221890

Session

2004-05

Related items

Alcohol
Thursday, 8 December 2005
Written questions
House of Commons

Subjects

Children Admissions Alcoholic drinks Hospitals Misuse

Contains statistics

Yes

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