Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 June 2012
674 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a table outlining the number of persons in the State diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis each year from 1994 to 2011 broken down by age from one to 16 and 16 to 30; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29791/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraStatistics on the numbers of people diagnosed with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are not routinely available. The available data relate to episodes of hospitalisation from these conditions and this information is presented in the table below. The data are derived from the Hospital In-patient Enquiry (HIPE) system which records details on each in-patient and daycase discharge from all publicly-funded acute hospitals. It should be noted that if a patient is admitted more than once for a specific condition, each admission is counted separately in HIPE. For this reason, the figures should not be interpreted as prevalence estimates for these conditions. The data for 2011 are provisional.
|
Crohn’s Disease |
Ulcerative colitis |
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|
Year |
Ages 1-15 years |
Ages 16-30 years |
Ages 1-15 years |
Ages 16-30 years |
|
1994 |
61 |
387 |
64 |
255 |
|
1995 |
53 |
385 |
50 |
283 |
|
1996 |
51 |
388 |
51 |
310 |
|
1997 |
77 |
392 |
54 |
353 |
|
1998 |
47 |
450 |
62 |
332 |
|
1999 |
52 |
501 |
48 |
351 |
|
2000 |
51 |
543 |
46 |
353 |
|
2001 |
77 |
686 |
46 |
433 |
|
2002 |
95 |
730 |
51 |
416 |
|
2003 |
129 |
802 |
41 |
455 |
|
2004 |
88 |
844 |
40 |
425 |
|
2005 |
119 |
964 |
42 |
409 |
|
2006 |
130 |
1128 |
38 |
554 |
|
2007 |
140 |
1423 |
58 |
631 |
|
2008 |
191 |
1407 |
57 |
663 |
|
2009 |
163 |
1492 |
74 |
733 |
|
2010 |
212 |
1710 |
85 |
826 |
|
2011 |
268 |
1737 |
113 |
921 |
Source: HIPE, Information Unit, DoH.
Data refers to occurrences of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis with principal diagnosis codes of ICD9 555 and ICD9 556, for years 1994-2004. The years 2005-2011 use codes ICD10 K50 and ICD10 K51 respectively.
