Hospital Activity

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:

• The number of emergency admissions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI or heart attack) increased by 11.8% from 7,327 in 2007/08 to 8,195 in 2008/09. 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 AC1).
• The number of emergency admissions for angina decreased from 8,943 in 2007/08 to 7,765 in 2008/09, a fall of 13% (see Tables  AC1, AC2 and AC4 ).
• The number of angina admissions decreased in all ages and both sexes between 2007/08 and 2008/09, from 13,343 to 12,580, a fall of 12.3% (see Tables  AC1, AC2 and AC4).

 

Analysis	New/Updated	Excel Available	CSV Available	Size (Excel/CSV)	National Statistics
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; 1999/00 - 2008/09; Numbers, Crude Rates and Age-Sex Standardised Rates.	24 November 2009		CSV	2,990 KB/ 13,543 KB	√
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; 1999/00 - 2008/09; Numbers, Crude Rates and Age-Sex Standardised Rates.	24 November 2009		x	6,490 KB/ -KB	√
Table AC3 Trends in Elective, Transfer and Emergency Cases by Diagnosis (Ischaemic Heart Disease, Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Angina and Chest Pain) for Years 1999/00 - 2008/09.	24 November 2009		CSV	56 KB/ 14 KB	√
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; 1999/00 - 2008/09; Numbers, Crude Rates and Age-Sex Standardised Rates.	24 November 2009		x	8,029 KB/ - KB	√
Table AC5 Emergency Admissions for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and Stroke, January 2005 to March 2009, by Month.	24 November 2009		CSV	116 KB/ - KB	√

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