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Dept of Health

Answer

Audrey Wise: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his reply of 14 February 2000, Official Report, column 387W, if he will list for the years for which they are available the estimated numbers of women diagnosed as receiving hospital care for miscarriage grossed to allow for missing, incomplete and inaccurate records; and if he will give an indication of the accuracy and completeness of this information. [113093] Yvette Cooper: It is regretted that the reply of 14 February was incorrect. The information provided in the table showing the estimated numbers of women diagnosed as receiving hospital care for miscarriage for the years prior to 1997-98 was grossed to allow for missing, incomplete and inaccurate records. The difference between grossed and ungrossed figures in recent years is between 3-4 per cent. The following table contains the information requested. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of miscarriages 1989-90 48,500 1990-91 50,600 1991-92 53,100 1992-93 52,400 1993-94 51,300 1994-95 48,700 1995-96 43,900 1996-97 44,500 1997-98 {1}41,800 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Provisional The information in the table is obtained from the Hospital Episodes Statistics system. The data for the years prior to 1997-98 are grossed and have been adjusted to allow for missing, incomplete or inaccurate records. Data extracted were those with the diagnosis code O03 (ICD-10) Spontaneous Abortion.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

347 c124W; 113093

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Admissions Hospitals Miscarriage

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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