Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 March 2015
111. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the numbers diagnosed with and being treated for thyroid problems in 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015. [10740/15]
View answerData on the total number of people diagnosed with and being treated for thyroid disorders each year are not available.
However, data from the Hospital Inpatient Enquiry (HIPE) system showing the numbers of hospitalisations with a principal or secondary diagnosis of disorders of the thyroid gland (ICD-10-AM E00 – E07) are contained in the following table:
|
Year* |
Number of hospitalisations |
|
2012 |
11,592 |
|
2013 |
12,074 |
|
2014* |
12,400 |
* Data for 2014 are provisional.
Data for 2015 are not sufficiently complete for reporting purposes.
Note that these data are based on discharges from publicly funded acute hospitals. It is important to note also that these data may include multiple admissions of the same patient and should not be construed as an estimate of the prevalence of thyroid disorders.
