asked Her Majesty's Government:How many patients in National Health Service hospitals are aged (a) over 90; (b) over 80; and (c) over 70; and how these figures compare with 1990, 1980, 1970 and 1960. [HL897]
The information is given in the table. Data for 1960 are not available.
| Number of Deaths and Discharges/admissions for selected age groups—NHS hospitals | ||||
| Number of Patients | ||||
| Discharges and deaths | 65 and over | 75 and over | ||
| 1970 | England and Wales | 860,920 | 386,340 | |
| 70 and over | 80 and over | 90 and over | ||
| 1980 | England | 995,720 | 361,720 | 53,620 |
| Admissions | 70 and over | 80 and over | 90 and over | |
| 1989–90 | England | 1,403,769 | 580,082 | 70,593 |
| 1997–98* | England | 2,393,274 | 1,003,300 | 157,000 |
Notes:
HIPE and HES data do not provide the number of people treated, as patients could have been discharged (HIPE), or can be admitted (HES) more than once within a given year.
England and Wales cannot be separately identified in the 1970 data.
Data for 1970 cannot be aggregated to the requested age-groups.
* Figures for 1997–98 are provisional; no adjustments have yet been made for missing records or invalid/unknown diagnoses.
Source:
Department of Health, Hospital In-patient Enquiry (HIPE), and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES).