Written answers
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Hospital Procedures
Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2011; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45508/12]
Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2011 by county on persons under 65 years of age; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45509/12]
Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients, by county, treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2011; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45510/12]
Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients under the age of 65 years by county treated for foot ulcerations, which did not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2011; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45511/12]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below.
2011
County of Residence | All Ages | All Ages, With Diabetes | Aged Under 65 | Aged Under 65 & With Diabetes | All Ages | All Ages, With Diabetes | Aged Under 65 | Aged Under 65 & With Diabetes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 50 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 6 | <5 |
| Cavan | 96 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | <5 |
| Clare | 84 | 43 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| Cork | 311 | 166 | 68 | 31 | 82 | 36 | 29 | 15 |
| Donegal | 73 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 8 | <5 | 0 |
| Dublin | 954 | 272 | 275 | 95 | 178 | 96 | 84 | 42 |
| Galway | 136 | 45 | 24 | 12 | 37 | 15 | 25 | 9 |
| Kerry | 92 | 36 | 23 | 16 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 6 |
| Kildare | 118 | 68 | 41 | 26 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 8 |
| Kilkenny | 101 | 55 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 7 | <5 | <5 |
| Laois | 33 | 19 | 7 | <5 | 12 | 9 | 5 | <5 |
| Leitrim | 35 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 6 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| Limerick | 182 | 69 | 43 | 20 | 46 | 28 | 14 | 9 |
| Longford | 19 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| Louth | 79 | 31 | 31 | 18 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| Mayo | 75 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Meath | 89 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| Monaghan | 49 | 20 | 15 | 9 | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
| Offaly | 48 | 18 | <5 | <5 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Roscommon | 35 | 11 | <5 | <5 | 5 | <5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sligo | 62 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| Tipperary North | 60 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 7 | <5 |
| Tipperary South | 120 | 51 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 6 | <5 |
| Waterford | 138 | 54 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 6 | <5 |
| Westmeath | 68 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 13 | <5 | 6 | <5 |
| Wexford | 149 | 73 | 36 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 5 |
| Wicklow | 79 | 28 | 28 | 13 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 11 |
| No Fixed Abode | <5 | <5 | <5 | <5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-residents | 8 | <5 | <5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total for All Counties | 3346 | 1309 | 849 | 405 | 714 | 389 | 303 | 159 |
Source: Hospital Inpatient Enquiry (HIPE)
Notes:
Data refer to discharges from publicly funded acute hospitals, and are based on HIPE data received to End of July 2012
The 2011 HIPE file is considered to be sufficiently complete for reporting purposes. The coverage is estimated to be in excess of 98%. However this varies among hospitals. In particular note that the coverage for Cork University Hospital is approximately 97%; the coverage for Roscommon County Hospital is less than 2%, and Bantry General Hospital did not report any HIPE data in 2011.
For reasons of confidentiality, cells with between 1 and 4 cases are displayed as <5
Data refer to the following ICD-10-AM / ACHI Diagnoses and Procedure codes:
Diabetes: E10 (Type 1 diabetes mellitus), E11 (Type 2 diabetes mellitus), E13 (Other specified diabetes mellitus), E14 (Unspecified diabetes mellitus)
Foot Ulcers: L97 (Ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified), E10.73 (Type 1 diabetes mellitus with foot ulcer due to multiple causes), E11.73 (Type 2 diabetes mellitus with foot ulcer due to multiple causes), E13.73 (Other specified diabetes mellitus with foot ulcer due to multiple causes), E14.73 (Unspecified diabetes mellitus with foot ulcer due to multiple causes)
Lower Limb Amputations: Block 1484 (Amputation of pelvis or hip), Block 1533 (Amputation of ankle or foot), 44367-01 (Disarticulation at knee), 44367-02 (Amputation below knee). Note that these procedure codes include amputation of toes.
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