Hospital Activity
This page has not changed since its previous publication in February 2011.
Information on hospital activity is drawn from a database of inpatient and day case discharge summaries maintained by ISD. A discharge summary is completed when a patient leaves hospital or transfers within or between hospitals and these capture basic clinical information about the diagnoses and operations that patients had.
Key points (from February 2011 release):
- The number of acute myocardial infarction (AMI or heart attack) discharges increased by 34% from 15,585 in 2007/08 to 20,885 in 2009/10 (see Table AC1). This is probably due to recent changes in the definition of AMI, which uses more sensitive tests (i.e. troponin). The trend in mortality from AMI, and for CHD as a whole, remains downward (see Table MC1).
- The number of emergency angina discharges decreased from 7,790 in 2008/09 to 6,245 in 2009/10, a fall of 20% (see Tables AC1, AC2 and AC4).
- The number of angina discharges decreased in all ages and both sexes between 2008/09 and 2009/10, from 12,652 to 10,273, a fall of 18.8% (see Tables AC1, AC2 and AC4).
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| Table AC1 Heart Disease Discharges by Diagnosis (All Heart Disease, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Cardiac Failure, Angina, Chest Pain), Year, Health Board, Age Group and Sex; 2000/01 - 2009/10; Numbers, Crude Rates and Age-Sex Standardised Rates. |
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| Table AC2 Heart Disease Discharges by Diagnosis (All Heart Disease, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Cardiac Failure, Angina, Chest Pain), Year, Council Area, Age Group and Sex; 2000/01 - 2009/10; Numbers, Crude Rates and Age-Sex Standardised Rates. |
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| Table AC4 Heart Disease Discharges by Diagnosis (All Heart Disease, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Cardiac Failure, Angina, Chest Pain), Year, Community Health Partnership (CHP), Age Group and Sex; 2000/01 - 2009/10; Numbers, Crude Rates and Age-Sex Standardised Rates. |
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| Table AC5 Emergency Admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and Stroke, January 2005 to March 2010, by Month. |
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