Hospital Procedures

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 October 2012

Thursday, 18 October 2012

Questions (234, 235, 236, 237)

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

234. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked 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]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

235. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked 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]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

236. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked 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]

Ciaran Lynch

Question:

237. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked 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]

Written answers

Deputy James Reilly

I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 to 237, inclusive, together.

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table.

2011

Number of discharges with diagnosis of foot ulcerations, Lower Limb Amputations

and without full or partial lower limb amputation

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.