Table 2

Inpatient episodes by main diagnosis in National Health Service hospitals, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and UK, 2005/2006 to 2013/2014

2005/062006/072007/082008/092009/102010/112011/122012/132013/14
England
All diseases of the circulatory system (CVD) (I00-I99)1 244 0041 255 5901 274 6741 322 2951 358 2471 371 8091 381 6351 374 0941 401 232
Coronary heart disease (I20-I25)428 262427 913424 247422 334407 675405 096409 508404 089401 007
Stroke (I60-I69)178 321176 452179 999190 101203 705198 335194 436196 081197 356
Other CVD637 421651 225670 428709 860746 867768 378777 691773 924802 869
Scotland
All diseases of the circulatory system (CVD) (I00-I99)144 900149 032148 739148 766157 298
Coronary heart disease (I20-I25)47 92350 15748 69947 64049 615
Stroke (I60-I69)22 44122 63922 66223 73719 257
Other CVD74 53676 23677 37877 38988 426
Wales
All diseases of the circulatory system (CVD) (I00-I99)74 82475 33875 98178 71481 59980 90377 58980 95388 105
Coronary heart disease (I20-I25)24 51625 06025 15625 07424 89324 30023 90424 33525 647
Stroke (I60-I69)11 66011 14311 18812 31312 41112 47111 46012 08013 265
Other CVD38 64839 13539 63741 32744 29544 13242 22544 53849 193
Northern Ireland
All diseases of the circulatory system (CVD) (I00-I99)42 88746 61742 87544 296
Coronary heart disease (I20-I25)14 40914 06014 52015 378
Stroke (I60-I69)4872319929433383
Other CVD23 60629 35825 41225 535
UK
All diseases of the circulatory system (CVD) (I00-I99)1 644 6311 654 5801 646 6881 690 931
Coronary heart disease (I20-I25)493 962496 171490 584491 647
Stroke (I60-I69)238 317231 757234 841233 261
Other CVD912 352926 652921 263966 023
  • Notes: Finished consultant episodes; ordinary admissions and day cases combined. Pregnancy cases not included. ICD-10 codes in parentheses.

  • Source: Department of Health (2014). Hospital Episode Statistics 2013/2014. http://www.hesonline.nhs.uk (accessed April 2015); Information Services Division Scotland (2014) Main diagnosis discharges from hospital 2013/2014. http://www.isdscotland.org (accessed April 2015). Personal correspondence; NHS Wales Informatics Service (2014). The Patient Episode Database for Wales–2013/2014. http://www.infoandstats.wales.nhs.uk (accessed April 2015; Hospital Information Branch (2014). Northern Ireland Episode Based Acute Inpatient and Day Case Activity Data (2013/2014) http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk (accessed April 2015). Personal correspondence.

  • CVD, cardiovascular disease; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision.