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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Cummings: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been diagnosed as diabetic in the area covered by the Easington Primary Care Group in the age groups (a) 10 to 19 years, (b) 20 to 29 years, (c) 30 to 39 years, (d) 40 to 49 years, (e) 50 to 59 years, (f) 60 to 69 years and (g) 70 to 79 years. [144293] Mr. Denham: The table shows a count of finished consultant episodes by 10-year age groups where the main diagnosis was diabetes mellitus, for patients resident in the Easington local authority area, treated in NHS hospitals in England in 1998-99. Finished consultant episodes (FCSEs) where the main diagnosis was diabetes mellitus by age, for patients resident in the Easington local authority area--NHS hospitals England 1998-99 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Age FCEs 10 to 19 17 20 to 29 14 30 to 39 11 40 to 49 8 50 to 59 18 60 to 69 38 70 to 79 21 Total 127 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. An FCE is defined as a period of patient care under one consultant in one health care provider. The figures do not represent the number of patients, as one person may have several episodes within the year. 2. The main diagnosis is the first of seven diagnosis fields in the HES data set and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. 3. Figures in the table have not yet been adjusted for shortfalls in data. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

361 c49-50W; 144293

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Age Diabetes Easington

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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