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Dept of Health

Answer

Sue Doughty: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many bone fractures resulting from falls were treated by the NHS in the last period for which figures are available; how many of those suffering from such fractures were known to have osteoporosis; how many were discovered to have osteoporosis in post-fracture screening; and if he will make a statement. [188180] Dr. Ladyman: Information on the number of bone fractures resulting from falls treated by the National Health Service for the last period for which figures are available is shown in the table. Information on how many of those suffering fractures were known to have osteoporosis and how many were discovered to have osteoporosis in post-fracture screening is not collected centrally. Primary diagnosis--fracture (ICD 10 diagnosis codes S02, 812, S22, 832, 842, 552, 562, 872, 582, 892 and T02) with secondary diagnosis falls (ICD diagnosis codes WOO-W19)--counts of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. National Health Service hospitals--England 161,670 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: Ungrossed data--figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). A FCE is defined as a period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of patients, as a patient may have more than one episode of care within the year. Cause code--the cause code is a supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects. Secondary diagnoses--as well as the primary diagnosis, there are up to 13 (6 prior to 2002-03) secondary diagnosis fields in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) that show other diagnoses relevant to the episode of care Source: HES, Department of Health

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

424 c1967-8W;424 c1965-6W; 188180

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Accidents Medical treatments Patients Screening Osteoporosis Fractures

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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