Written question asked by Lord Fearn (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 22 July 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 29 July 1998. It was answered by Lord Boateng (Labour) on Wednesday, 29 July 1998 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were admitted in (a) the North West and (b) England in each of the past five years having suffered a stroke. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Fearn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were admitted to hospital in (a) the North West and (b) England in each of the past five years having suffered a stroke. [52289] Mr. Boateng: The information is shown in the table for the financial years 1992-93 to 1996-97 (the latest year for which figures are available). Primary diagnosis of stroke--number of admissions in North West Regional Office (RO) and England, National Health Service hospitals, England _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 {1}1996-97 North West RO{2} 16,059 17,453 17,628 13,442 12,874 Other ROs 98,661 102,517 103,932 81,582 73,940 England 114,720 119,970 121,560 95,024 86,814 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: {1} 1996-97 is derived from ungrossed Hospital Episode Statistics data {2} For the years 1992-93 and 1993-94 data for North Western and Mersey regions were amalgamated 1992-93 to 1994-95--ICD-9 codes: 430-438 1995-96 and 1996-97--ICD-10 codes: 160-164, 167.2-167.9, 169 Because of the change in classification, data for 1995-96 and 1996-97 may not be directly comparable with earlier years 1992-93 and 1995-96 data are grossed for both coverage and unknown/invalid clinical data Source: Department of Health, Hospital Episode Statistics

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