How many people in Scotland are diagnosed with interstitial lung disease.

The information requested is not held centrally. However, the number of hospital discharges per year for the last 5 years in Scotland for interstitial lung disease is available. Note that the same person may be counted more than once in these figures and that they do not include patients with interstitial lung disease who were not admitted to hospital during this period.
Number of patients discharged from an acute hospital with a diagnosis of interstitial lung disease, by year and ICD-10 code, Scotland, 2014-18*.
Year of Discharge
J80
J81
J82
J84
2014
186
2622
44
2555
2015
202
2755
40
2750
2016
226
2961
51
2863
2017
182
2875
58
2889
2018*
115
2023
46
2298
* Please note that the data for 2018 includes patients discharged from hospital between January 1st, 2018 and September 30th, 2018.
The International Classification of Diseases codes (ICD-10) used in this analysis are as follows:
Other respiratory diseases principally affecting the interstitium
ICD-10 code
ICD-10 description
J80
J81
J82
J84
Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Pulmonary Oedema
Pulmonary Eosinophilia, not elsewhere classified
Other Interstitial Pulmonary Diseases
Source: ISD Scotland, SMR01