The information requested on the extent of malnutrition on admission to hospital is in the table.
Number Kwashiorkor 1 Nutritional marasmus 10 Unspecified severe protein-energy malnutrition 13 Protein-energy malnutrition of moderate and mild degree 0 Retarded development following protein-energy malnutrition 1 Unspecified protein-energy malnutrition 233 Total malnutrition 258 Notes: 1. A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) dataset and provides the main reason why the patient was in hospital. 3. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data, i.e. the data are ungrossed. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Information Centre for health and social care. Information on the extent of malnutrition in hospital is not collected centrally as HES does not cover assessment of malnutrition once a patient has been admitted.