Information regarding the number of diagnoses of alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver is collected centrally only for individuals suffering from this condition in secondary (for example, hospital) care. The information is shown in the following table.
1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 0 to five 0 0 0 0 0 Five to 14 0 0 0 0 1 15 to 24 6 14 7 13 11 25 to 34 270 334 343 375 332 35 to 44 1,320 1,520 1,495 1,671 1,827 45 to 54 2,104 2,441 2,609 3,078 3,236 55 to 64 1,736 2,004 2,137 2,506 2,599 65 to 74 1,181 1,178 1,264 1,515 1,442 75 to 84 288 362 415 468 458 85 to 120 33 29 30 47 48 Age not known 29 51 45 9 19 Total 6,967 7,933 8,345 9,682 9,973
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 0 to five 0 0 0 0 0 Five to 14 0 0 1 1 15 to 24 7 19 27 18 26 25 to 34 354 399 455 550 642 35 to 44 1,830 2,038 2,412 2,759 3,123 45 to 54 3,437 3,823 4,380 5,024 5,961 55 to 64 2,836 3,317 3,888 4,924 5,636 65 to 74 1,581 2,074 2,410 2,568 2,953 75 to 84 443 578 559 736 915 85 to 120 46 60 52 72 89 Age not known 52 35 22 33 44 Total 10,586 12,343 14,206 16,684 19,390 Notes: 1. Finished consultant episode (FCE) An 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 person may have one episode of care within a year. 2. All diagnoses count as episodes. These figures represent a count of all FCEs where the diagnosis was mentioned in any of the 14 (seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in a HES record. 3. K.70.3 Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver—ungrossed data: Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (i.e. the data are ungrossed). Source: Hospital episode statistics, The Information Centre for health and social care