To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many admissions to accident and emergency departments of type 1 diabetics in a hypoglycaemic coma occurred in each year since 1987 [29778]
The available information is shown in the tables and is based on finished consultant episodes (FCEs), which represent the number of episodes of care under individual consultants. International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision (ICD9) was used for the period 1989/90 to 1994/95. This was replaced by International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision (ICD 10) in 1995/96 when many new codes were introduced and others expanded.
| Number of FCEs in National Health Service hospitals in England where the primary diagnosis was defined as diabetes with coma and admission to hospital was via accident and emergency services. | |
| Year | FCEs |
| 1989–90 | 579 |
| 1990–91 | 550 |
| 1991–92 | 539 |
| 1992–93 | 492 |
| 1993–94 | 490 |
| 1994–95 | 464 |
Source:
Department of Health, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) ICD9 code 250.2.
Number of FCEs in NHS hospitals in England where the primary diagnosis was as defined and admission to hospital was via accident and emergency services
| |
1995–96
| FCEs
|
| Code E10.0: Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus with coma | 819 |
| Code E11.0: Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus with coma | 309 |
| Code E12.0: Malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus with coma | 1 |
| Code E13.0: Other specified diabetes mellitus with coma | 5 |
| Code E14.0: Unspecified diabetes mellitus with coma | 135 |
| Total | 1269 |
Source:
Department of Health, Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) ICDIO.