Review of Allergy Services in Scotland: A Report by a Working Group of the Scottish Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee

Annex A

Notes

These statistics are derived from data collected on discharges from non-obstetric and non-psychiatric hospitals ( SMR01) in Scotland

SMR01 records up to six diagnoses, the main diagnosis that is selected by the clinician responsible for the patient and up to five other diagnoses in the order specified by the clinician. The data presented are for diagnoses in any position.

Some of the cells in these tables contain small values (1-4). For the purposes of disclosure control these values have been replaced with an asterisk *.

- = Zero value Source: SMR01 ISD Scotland
Reference: IR2008-00325
Date: 21 February 2008

Number of hospital admissions for selected allergic diagnoses for children (0 - 17 years) and adults (18 years and over); financial years 2004/05-2006/07

DIAGNOSIS	FINANCIAL YEAR
	2004/05		2005/06		2006/07
	Children	Adults	Children	Adults	Children	Adults
Allergic rhinitis / Hayfever	2,394	590	2,725	780	2,909	807
Asthma	5,609	28,593	5,783	31,707	6,491	34,511
Eczema / Atopic Dermatitis	956	1,428	1,089	1,490	1,369	1,618
Anaphylactic shock due to adverse food reaction	39	61	38	68	36	86
Food allergy	487	198	443	215	504	245
Drug allergy	65	624	46	590	62	597
Anaphylaxis	70	461	82	509	74	584
Urticaria	135	464	170	444	182	441
General Allergy	99	296	109	304	132	421

Please note that some codes can appear in more than one diagnosis.

Number of hospital admissions for selected allergic diagnoses by age group; financial years 2004/05-2006/07

2004/05	AGE GROUP
DIAGNOSIS	0 - 2	03 - 6	07 - 12	13 - 17	18 - 27	28 - 37	38 - 47	48 - 57	58 - 67	68 - 77	78 - 87	88+
Allergic rhinitis / Hayfever	319	904	880	291	160	133	120	80	50	33	13	*
Asthma	729	1,747	1,691	1,442	2,881	3,239	4,577	4,668	4,777	4,800	2,952	699
Eczema / Atopic Dermatitis	397	267	178	114	190	176	241	218	199	213	136	55
Anaphylactic shock due to adverse food reaction	8	11	12	8	21	12	8	10	6	*	*	-
Food allergy	172	152	117	46	43	24	32	37	26	25	11	-
Drug allergy	35	7	6	17	28	48	75	123	106	144	79	21
Anaphylaxis	10	20	19	21	85	55	75	74	79	55	35	*
Urticaria	69	31	20	15	65	58	103	74	65	62	33	*
General Allergy	29	15	32	23	46	43	51	58	45	28	21	*
2005/06	AGE GROUP
DIAGNOSIS	0 - 2	03 - 6	07 - 12	13 - 17	18 - 27	28 - 37	38 - 47	48 - 57	58 - 67	68 - 77	78 - 87	88+
Allergic rhinitis / Hayfever	402	897	1,000	426	231	144	157	82	84	60	22	*
Asthma	769	1,667	1,756	1,591	3,364	3,434	4,978	5,173	5,347	5,651	3,148	612
Eczema / Atopic Dermatitis	453	300	227	109	225	157	189	215	241	205	210	48
Anaphylactic shock due to adverse food reaction	15	9	6	8	22	12	*	14	8	5	*	*
Food allergy	181	123	90	49	44	27	29	33	31	27	19	5
Drug allergy	10	9	7	20	41	48	83	96	101	116	91	14
Anaphylaxis	24	15	18	25	73	67	80	82	89	61	52	5
Urticaria	81	33	35	21	47	55	104	56	83	45	46	8
General Allergy	44	21	25	19	35	52	58	47	52	38	18	*
2006/07	AGE GROUP
DIAGNOSIS	0 - 2	03 - 6	07 - 12	13 - 17	18 - 27	28 - 37	38 - 47	48 - 57	58 - 67	68 - 77	78 - 87	88+
Allergic rhinitis / Hayfever	432	974	1,023	480	225	177	163	117	53	39	30	*
Asthma	945	1,933	1,931	1,682	3,737	3,810	5,478	5,475	5,569	6,067	3,594	781
Eczema / Atopic Dermatitis	510	387	313	159	215	158	201	269	245	265	202	63
Anaphylactic shock due to adverse food reaction	11	8	11	6	28	23	14	8	7	6	-	-
Food allergy	163	163	126	52	60	45	36	29	36	15	21	*
Drug allergy	32	9	11	10	36	46	88	81	123	108	89	26
Anaphylaxis	17	13	17	27	98	71	91	80	118	84	33	9
Urticaria	66	58	35	23	48	46	72	67	96	67	34	11
General Allergy	45	33	36	18	73	44	60	68	76	69	28	*

Number of hospital admissions with 1, 2, 3, 4+ diagnoses for selected allergic diagnoses; financial years 2004/05-2006/07

DIAGNOSES	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07
	FINANCIAL YEAR
1	37,766	41,220	45,076
2	901	953	1,107
3	55	68	69
4+	4	2	1

Please note that the diagnoses are based on the ICD10 code rather than the diagnosis grouping so there is no double counting

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