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Respiratory System

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 479W, on respiratory system, to how many patients in each age group the figures on (a) hospital and (b) admission episodes related in each case. (289570)

The following table shows hospital episodes and admission episodes for diseases of the respiratory system by age group. Data have been provided for the hospitals referred to in the answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 479W.

Number of finished consultant episodes and finished admission episodes for diseases of the reparatory system1, by provider, 2003-04 to 2007-08, activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector

Finished consultant episode

Finished admission episode

Provider

Provider code age on admission

2007-2008

2006-2007

2005-2006

2004-2005

2003-2004

2007-2008

2006-2007

2005-2006

2004-2005

2003-2004

England

0-4

166.834

158,687

160,414

145,440

151,275

159,767

152,598

155,488

140,894

146,920

5-14

88,979

353,433

91,257

85,227

82,492

86,104

303,515

88,909

83,223

80,651

15-44

371,268

407,415

331,310

294,025

266,354

319,752

311,264

285,875

255,202

233,088

45-64

437,064

88,955

368,283

329,234

297,838

335,215

86,183

283,516

253,918

231,791

65-74

384,229

364,437

337,372

311,341

288,567

270,674

256,448

238.312

220,632

205.615

75-84

474,390

452,019

426,243

397,711

364,725

303,678

290,360

275,833

260,636

241,755

85-120

268,279

242,555

224,093

195,762

179,883

156,279

144,382

135,189

120,915

113,351

Age not known

2,963

1,699

1,184

1,213

1,479

2,139

1,206

866

930

1,148

Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust RTK

0-4

745

639

597

631

585

744

639

596

619

585

5-14

401

368

385

473

350

401

368

385

473

350

15-44

1,355

1,154

1,323

1,216

847

1,276

1,119

1,214

1,111

762

45-64

1,523

1,224

1,405

1,197

1,017

1,372

1,125

1,205

973

811

65-74

1,394

1,119

1,459

1,386

1,237

1,211

994

1,225

1,088

930

75-84

2,174

1,853

2,085

2,078

1,746

1,737

1,571

1,663

1,557

1,258

85-120

1,594

1,473

1,502

1,290

1,088

1,202

1,227

1,180

958

747

Age not known

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ealing Hospital NHS Trust RC3

0-4

524

536

564

570

5,17

524

531

564

569

514

5-14

348

276

352

407

2,55

346

275

352

407

255

15-44

1,859

1,646

1,459

1,446

1,241

1,635

1,456

1,337

1,347

1,169

45-64

1,603

1,384

1,179

1,018

976

1,208

1,088

1,028

881

871

65-74

1,454

1,198

929

962

809

1,017

869

768

809

697

75-84

1,650

1,444

1,147

1,040

984

1,088

928

887

881

621

85-120

910

722

654

579

494

521

417

519

478

422

Age not known

3

2

0

1

1

2

1

0

1

1

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust RAS

0-4

344

277

293

275

246

344

276

284

275

244

5-14

174

161

160

104

87

173

158

155

104

87

15-44

1,487

1,005

954

674

599

1,386

905

868

565

553

45-64

1,440

1,308

1,096

849

634

1,298

1,148

945

686

563

65-74

1,234

1,129

1,002

848

673

1,058

984

849

639

572

75-84

1,563

1,457

1,411

1,314

883

1,233

1,154

1,097

935

746

85-120

1,055

882

973

803

568

777

613

709

523

470

Age not known

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

Richmond and Twickenham PCT SM6

0-4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5-14

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

15-44

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

45-64

0

0

*

*

0

0

0

*

*

0

65-74

0

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

75-84

0

*

24

25

*

*

*

24

25

*

85-120

0

10

46

28

31

10

10

46

28

31

Age not known

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust RFW

0-4

582

386

568

566

481

581

386

568

565

481

5-14

346

185

343

312

315

344

184

341

311

315

15-44

1,763

720

1,446

903

705

1,382

529

1,105

732

684

45-64

1,612

666

1,447

873

623

954

384

906

612

547

65-74

1,459

700

1,321

902

568

704

373

685

567

467

75-84

1,888

833

1,833

1,174

705

850

411

890

674

572

85-120

1,412

603

1,112

760

506

593

265

506

408

388

Age not known

49

29

25

12

0

28

16

11

4

0

Notes:

Ungrossed data

Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in data (ie the data are ungrossed).

Finished Consultant Episode (FCE)

A finished consultant episode (FCE) is defined as a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Please note that the figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.

Finished admission episodes

A finished admission episode is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. Finished admission episodes are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Please note that admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.

Number of episodes in which the patient had a (named) primary or secondary diagnosis

These figures represent the number of episodes where the diagnosis was recorded in any of the 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 7 prior to 2002-03) primary and secondary diagnosis fields in a Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) record. Each episode is only counted once in each count, even if the diagnosis is recorded in more than one diagnosis field of the record.

1 The following ICD-10 codes have been used:

J00-J99—‘Diseases of the respiratory disease’. Please see the following table for J00-J99 sheet for ICD-code descriptions.

Data quality

HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 National Health Service 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.

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 NHS practice also need to be borne in mind when analysing time series. For example, a number of procedures may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and may no longer be accounted for in the HES data. This may account for any reductions in activity over time.

Small numbers

To protect patient confidentiality, figures between 1 and 5 have been suppressed and replaced with “*” (an asterisk). Where it was possible to identify numbers from the total due to a single suppressed number in a row or column, an additional number (the next smallest) has been suppressed.

Source:

Hospital Episode Statistics HES. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care.

Diseases of the respiratory system

Diagnosis code

Primary description

J00

Acute nasopharyngitis (common cold)

J01

Acute sinusitis

J02

Acute pharyngitis

J03

Acute tonsillitis

J04

Acute laryngitis and tracheitis

J05

Acute obstructive laryngitis (croup) and epiglottitis

J06

Acute upper respiratory infections of multiple and unspecified sites

J10

Influenza due to identified influenza virus

J11

Influenzavirus not identified

J12

Viral pneumonia, not elsewhere classified

J13

Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae

J14

Pneumonia due to Haemophilus influenzae

J15

Bacterial pneumonianot elsewhere classified

J16

Pneumonia due to other infectious organisms NEC

J17

Pneumonia in diseases classified elsewhere

J18

Pneumoniaorganism unspecified

J20

Acute bronchitis

J21

Acute bronchiolitis

J22

Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection

J30

Vasomotor and allergic rhinitis

J31

Chronic rhinitisnasopharyngitis and pharyngitis

J32

Chronic sinusitis

J33

Nasal polyp

J34

Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses

J35

Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids

J36

Peritonsillar abscess

J37

Chronic laryngitis and laryngotracheitis

J38

Diseases of vocal cords and larynx not elsewhere class

J39

Other diseases of upper respiratory tract

J40

Bronchitis not specified as acute or chronic

J41

Simple and mucopurulent chronic bronchitis

J42

Unspecified chronic bronchitis

J43

Emphysema

J44

Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

J45

Asthma

J46

Status asthmaticus

J47

Bronchiectasis

J60

Coalworker’s pneumoconiosis

J61

Pneumoconiosis due to asbestos and other mineral fibres

J62

Pneumoconiosis due to dust containing silica

J63

Pneumoconiosis due to other inorganic dusts

J64

Unspecified pneumoconiosis

J65

Pneumoconiosis associated with tuberculosis

J66

Airway disease due to specific organic dust

J67

Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to organic dust

J68

Respiratory conditions due to inhalation of chemicals, gases, fumes and vapours

J69

Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids

J70

Respiratory conditions due to other external agents

J80

Adult respiratory distress syndrome

J81

Pulmonary oedema

J82

Pulmonary eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified

J84

Other interstitial pulmonary diseases

J85

Abscess of lung and mediastinum

J86

Pyothorax

J90

Pleural effusionnot elsewhere classified

J91

Pleural effusion in conditions classified elsewhere

J92

Pleural plaque

J93

Pneumothorax

J94

Other pleural conditions

J95

Postprocedural respiratory disorders NEC

J96

Respiratory failure not elsewhere classified

J98

Other respiratory disorders

J99

Respiratory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere