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Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

Answer

The information is shown in the following table. It should be noted that the figures include admissions where mental and behavioural disorder due to alcohol is a secondary diagnosis, as well as those where it is the primary diagnosis. A secondary diagnosis will not in all cases be a cause of admission.

Number of finished admissions of patients aged over 18 with a diagnosis of mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol
	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Leicester	967	1,348	1,619	1,552	1,506
East Midlands	7,715	8,523	9,741	10,159	11,570
England	106,255	120,139	123,907	131,146	144,141
Notes:
1. Includes activity in English national health service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.
2. Finished admission episodes
A finished admission episode is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Finished admission episodes are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. It should be noted that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.
3. Primary diagnosis
The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.
4. Secondary diagnosis
As well as the primary diagnosis, there are up to 19 (13 from 2002-03 to 2007-08 and six prior to 2002-03) secondary diagnosis fields in HES that show other diagnoses relevant to the episode of care.
5. Data quality
HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts in England. Data are also received from a number of independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.
6. Assessing growth through time
HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. The quality and coverage of the data have improved over time. These improvements in information submitted by the NHS have been particularly marked in the earlier years and need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. Some of the increase in figures for later years (particularly 2006-07 onwards) may be due to the improvement in the coverage of independent sector activity.
Changes in NHS practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example, a number of procedures may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and may no longer be accounted for in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time.
7. Assignment of Episodes to Years
Years are assigned by the end of the first period of care in a patient's hospital stay.
Cause code:
The ICD-10 code for mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol is F10.
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

2561; 512 c62W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Alcoholic drinks Misuse

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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