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Clostridium Difficile

Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 9 October 2006"AsNational Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking in how many and what proportion of deaths (a) Clostridium difficile and (b) MRSA was recorded as a contributory factor in each year since 2002, broken down by hospital. (90344)""Special analyses of deaths involving Clostridium difficile and MRSA are undertaken annually by ONS for England and Wales. The results are published in Health Statistics Quarterly (HSQ). The latest year for which such figures are available is 2004. Information on the numbers of deaths between 1999 and 2004 involving Clostridium difficile was published in HSQ 30 in May 2006¹. Information on the number of deaths between 2000 and 2004 involving MRSA was published in HSQ 29 in February 2006².""The number of deaths in NHS Hospitals where Clostridium difficile was a contributory factor in the years 2001 to 2004 was 6,168 out of a total of 1,178,776 deaths in NHS Hospitals. This represents 0.5 per cent of all deaths in NHS Hospitals between 2001 and 2004. The number of deaths in NHS Hospitals where MRSA was a contributory factor in the years 2000 to 2004 was 3,830 out of a total of 1,467,116 deaths in NHS Hospitals. This represents 0.2 per cent of all deaths in NHS Hospitals between 2000 and 2004.""A breakdown of the figures for Clostridium difficile and MRSA by individual hospital could only be provided at disproportionate cost."

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

90344; 450 c268-9W;450 c272-3W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

MRSA Clostridium

Link

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