Frances Fitzgerald
Question:341 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Health and Children the numbers of patients attending county hospitals as a result of assault in each of the years 1997 to date in 2001. [29031/01]
Written Answers. - Accident and Emergency Services.
The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collected by my Department. Information on the number of accident and emergency attendances is collected. However, it is not possible to determine the number of attendances due to assault. The hospital in-patient inquiry system provides detailed information for acute hospitals for each in-patient. The table below illustrates the number of in-patient hospitalisations in acute hospitals due to homicide and injury purposely inflicted by other persons for the years from 1997 to date.
Number of In-Patient Hospitalisations in Acute Hospitals due to Homicide and Injury Purposely Inflicted by Other Persons, 1997 to Date:
|
Year |
Number |
|
1997 |
3,511 |
|
1998 |
3,352 |
|
1999 |
3,464 |
|
2000 |
3,446 |
|
2001 to Date |
1,967 |
Source: Hospital In-Patient Enquiry System
ICD-9-CM Codes E960-E969
Note: The figures for 2001 to-date consist only of the cases that have been coded to date.