Luciana Berger – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome in each of the last four years.
Jane Ellison
The following table contains the number of finished admission episodes where there was either a primary or secondary diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome in England.
It should be noted that these figures are not a count of people as the same person may have had more than one episode of care within any given time period.
Number of finished admission episodes (FAEs)1 with either a primary or secondary diagnosis2 of fetal alcohol syndrome3 for the years 2009-10 to 2012-13.4
|
Age |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
|
0 |
45 |
45 |
34 |
68 |
|
1 |
27 |
40 |
31 |
25 |
|
2 |
20 |
17 |
27 |
22 |
|
3 |
6 |
16 |
10 |
36 |
|
4 |
10 |
8 |
17 |
14 |
|
5 |
5 |
9 |
16 |
5 |
|
6 |
6 |
4 |
11 |
9 |
|
7 |
27 |
4 |
20 |
6 |
|
8 |
5 |
23 |
5 |
8 |
|
9 |
4 |
5 |
40 |
5 |
|
10 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
|
11 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
|
12 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
5 |
|
13 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
|
14 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
|
15 |
1 |
– |
4 |
3 |
|
16 |
2 |
4 |
– |
2 |
|
17 |
1 |
– |
4 |
1 |
|
18+ |
9 |
14 |
32 |
20 |
|
Total |
184 |
212 |
270 |
252 |
Notes:
1Finished admission Episodes (FAEs)
A FAE is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.
2Number of episodes in which the patient had a primary or secondary diagnosis
The number of episodes where this 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, even if the diagnosis is recorded in more than one diagnosis field of the record.
3ICD-10 diagnosis code
ICD-10 diagnosis code used Q86.0 Fetal alcohol syndrome (dysmorphic)
4Assessing growth through time (Admitted patient care)
HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, changes in activity may be due to changes in the provision of care.
Data quality:
HESs are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts in England and from some independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. Health and Social Care Information Centre liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.
Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector.
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)
