Written Question · S3W-24272 · Session 3
How many children have been treated for (a) tobacco addiction and (b) tobacco-related illnesses in each of the last five years in each hosp…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been treated for (a) tobacco addiction and (b) tobacco-related illnesses in each of the last five years in each hospital in the Lothians region.
The answer
Patients could be treated for tobacco-related illness in different hospital settings including accident and emergency (A&E), outpatients and acute inpatients and day cases. Information on A&E attendances and outpatients is not available as diagnosis information is not recorded on centrally held data. Limited information is available on inpatients and day cases.
It is not possible from centrally available hospital data to explicitly identify patients who have been treated for tobacco addiction. There are a number of conditions (e.g. lung disease) which could be tobacco-related, but these could also be caused by other factors and would not present a reliable picture of tobacco misuse.
The following table presents the number of discharges for patients aged 15 and under for conditions which specifically mention tobacco. It is not possible to provide data separately for individual years or broken down by hospital because of the risk of disclosure.
Table 1. Number of Patients Aged 15 Years or Under, Discharged From General Acute Hospitals1,2 Within NHS Lothian Area of Treatment With a Tobacco-Related Illness3,4 In Any Position: 2003-04 “ 2007-08
| 2003-04
- 2007-08
Lothian health board of treatment
| 11
Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01), Ref: 2009-01239.
Notes:
1. Excludes mental illness hospitals, psychiatric units and maternity hospitals. Transfers have also been excluded.
2. Figures in the table only relate to those individuals who are treated as inpatients. They do not include individuals managed as outpatients or individuals attending A&E who are not subsequently admitted.
3. Caution is necessary when interpreting these figures. The recording of tobacco misuse may vary from hospital-to-hospital. Where tobacco misuse is suspected but unconfirmed it may not be recorded by the hospital.
4. Diseases recorded using the World Health Organisation''s International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10). Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco (F17), toxic effect of tobacco and nicotine (T65.2).
It is not possible from centrally available hospital data to explicitly identify patients who have been treated for tobacco addiction. There are a number of conditions (e.g. lung disease) which could be tobacco-related, but these could also be caused by other factors and would not present a reliable picture of tobacco misuse.
The following table presents the number of discharges for patients aged 15 and under for conditions which specifically mention tobacco. It is not possible to provide data separately for individual years or broken down by hospital because of the risk of disclosure.
Table 1. Number of Patients Aged 15 Years or Under, Discharged From General Acute Hospitals1,2 Within NHS Lothian Area of Treatment With a Tobacco-Related Illness3,4 In Any Position: 2003-04 “ 2007-08
| 2003-04
- 2007-08
Lothian health board of treatment
| 11
Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01), Ref: 2009-01239.
Notes:
1. Excludes mental illness hospitals, psychiatric units and maternity hospitals. Transfers have also been excluded.
2. Figures in the table only relate to those individuals who are treated as inpatients. They do not include individuals managed as outpatients or individuals attending A&E who are not subsequently admitted.
3. Caution is necessary when interpreting these figures. The recording of tobacco misuse may vary from hospital-to-hospital. Where tobacco misuse is suspected but unconfirmed it may not be recorded by the hospital.
4. Diseases recorded using the World Health Organisation''s International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10). Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of tobacco (F17), toxic effect of tobacco and nicotine (T65.2).
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-24272 by reference.