The information as requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
Lower Limb Amputations and Diabetes by HSE Area and County of Residence
|
HSE Area of Residence
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
|
Dublin Mid Leinster
|
74
|
78
|
75
|
|
Dublin North-East
|
50
|
49
|
55
|
|
South
|
114
|
68
|
117
|
|
West
|
79
|
89
|
86
|
|
Total
|
317
|
284
|
333
|
|
County of Residence
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
|
Dublin
|
57
|
60
|
57
|
|
Cork
|
51
|
23
|
45
|
|
Galway
|
13
|
21
|
17
|
|
Limerick
|
13
|
16
|
19
|
|
Kerry
|
11
|
13
|
19
|
|
Wexford
|
17
|
9
|
13
|
|
Mayo
|
13
|
15
|
10
|
|
Kildare
|
10
|
11
|
17
|
|
Waterford
|
12
|
10
|
8
|
|
Tipperary South
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
Clare
|
6
|
9
|
14
|
|
Tipperary North
|
9
|
10
|
9
|
|
Louth
|
9
|
7
|
12
|
|
Westmeath
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
|
Donegal
|
7
|
7
|
5
|
|
Laois
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
|
Longford
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
|
All Other Counties
|
61
|
44
|
60
|
|
Total
|
317
|
284
|
333
|
Source: Hospital In-Patient Enquiry.
Notes:
Data refer to discharges from publicly funded acute hospitals with a principal or secondary diagnosis of diabetes, and a procedure code for full or partial lower limb amputation.
Data for counties with less than 5 observations in any year are not shown separately above to protect confidentiality. These cases have been aggregated and are reported in the ‘All Other Counties' category.
There was one case in 2005 and one case in 2007 with area of residence outside of Ireland. These cases have been excluded from the data reported above.
Private hospitals are not included.
