The information has been placed in the Library. The information requested is shown in the tables by strategic health authority (SHA). Were the data presented by primary care trust, the majority of entries would be small numbers and would therefore be suppressed in order to preserve confidentiality.
The available information is given in the following tables. This covers activity in English national health service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.
Measles Sex/age Male Female Unknown 0-9 10-13 14-17 18+ 0-9 10-13 14-17 18+ 18+ 2007-08 147 5 10 37 114 4 12 27 — 2006-07 97 1 8 22 104 8 6 33 — 2005-06 36 7 5 11 38 3 2 7 — 2004-05 29 — — 10 25 — — 7 — 2003-04 42 3 — 10 38 5 3 10 —
Sex/age Male Female Unknown 0-9 10-13 14-17 18+ 0-9 10-13 14-17 18+ 18+ 2007-08 28 7 7 71 22 10 6 46 1 2006-07 36 14 18 136 25 4 6 61 — 2005-06 59 34 155 754 34 20 49 204 — 2004-05 51 15 105 467 21 15 58 189 — 2003-04 15 6 11 51 21 3 13 26 —
Sex/age Male Female Unknown 0-9 10-13 14-17 18+ 0-9 10-13 14-17 18+ 18+ 2007-08 8 — 1 4 8 — — 8 — 2006-07 5 — — 5 6 — — 6 — 2005-06 9 — — 1 4 — 3 3 — 2004-05 14 — 1 1 3 — 2 5 — 2003-04 13 — — 2 7 — 2 5 — Notes: 1. Finished admission episodes A finished admission episode is the first period of in-patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. Finished admission episodes are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of in-patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year. 2. Primary and secondary diagnoses The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital. As well as the primary diagnosis, there are up to 19 (13 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and six prior to 2002-03) secondary diagnosis fields in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) that show other diagnoses relevant to the episode of care. 3. Codes used to denote measles, mumps or rubella Measles B05.—Measles Mumps B26.—Mumps Rubella B06.—Rubella [German measles], P35.0 Congenital rubella syndrome. If the patient has been admitted for treatment of measles, mumps or rubella, then the code for measles, mumps or rubella would be found in a primary position, except in the following cases: a. Measles, mumps or rubella complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium; in this case, one of the following codes would precede the code for measles, mumps or rubella: O35.3 Maternal care for (suspected) damage to fetus from viral disease in mother; and O98.5 Other viral diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. b. In the case where a baby is admitted due to measles, mumps or rubella acquired after birth but within 28 days of birth (perinatal period), a code from the following categories would precede the code for measles, mumps or rubella, which would be in a secondary position: P35-P39 Infections specific to the perinatal period. 4. Data quality HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. Data are also received from a number of independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain. 5. Assessing growth through time HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. The quality and coverage of the data have improved over time. These improvements in information submitted by the NHS have been particularly marked in the earlier years and need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. Some of the increase in figures for later years (particularly 2006-07 onwards) may be due to the improvement in the coverage of independent sector activity. Changes in national health service practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example, a number of procedures may now be undertaken in out-patient settings and may no longer be accounted for in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time. 6. Ungrossed data Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in the data, i.e. the data are ungrossed. Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), the NHS Information Centre for health and social care.