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Percentage
of
new
HIV
cases
thought
to
have
been
acquired
though
heterosexual
intercourse
was
about
30%
from
1992
to
1996,
but
has
since
risen
to
39%
(A12)
Morbidity: HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases
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Reducing
under
-
age
conception
rates
was
a
Health
of
the
Nation
target
;
rates
peaked
at
over
9
per
1,000
females
aged
13
-
15
in
1990
and
again
in
1995
;
they
have
since
fallen
.
(A13)
Fertility: Conceptions
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Perinatal
and
infant
mortality
rates
have
declined
to
an
all
time
low
.
(A14)
Fertility: Deliveries and births
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The
new
systems
have
introduced
changes
in
the
way
cause
of
death
information
is
handled
and
coded
.
The
main
change
is
a
new
automated
system
to
code
causes
of
death
.
(A3)
Indicators of the Nations Health: Male death rates by selected causes
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As
well
as
the
benefits
derived
from
automation
,
ONS
has
thus
brought
the
coding
rules
into
line
with
international
practice
.
However
,
all
these
changes
have
an
effect
on
data
from
1993
when
compared
with
figures
for
earlier
years
.
(A3)
Indicators of the Nations Health: Male death rates by selected causes
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Women
were
much
less
likely
to
have
drunk
above
sensible
levels
:
around
one
fifth
(
22
%
)
of
women
had
drunk
more
than
3
units
on
at
least
one
day
in
the
previous
week
.
(A9b)
Maximum daily amount had drunk last week, by persons aged 16 and over, by gender
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Over
the
10
year
period
,
finished
consultant
episodes
have
increased
by
an
average
3
.
4
%
per
annum
.
(B11)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by sector; NHS trusts
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The
figures
do
not
reflect
the
number
of
individual
patients
treated
,
as
one
patient
could
have
more
than
one
episode
of
care
within
the
data
year
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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Table
B14
is
"
grossed
for
coverage
"
meaning
that
the
figures
have
been
adjusted
to
compensate
for
missing
records
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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For
the
sake
of
consistency
back
years
have
been
re
-
processed
on
the
new
system
thus
introducing
small
revisions
to
previously
published
figures
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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Data
for
1996
-
97
are
provisional
-
meaning
that
for
figures
in
this
publication
,
only
crude
grossing
factors
have
been
applied
to
account
for
shortfalls
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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The
return
was
revised
in
1996
-
97
to
specifically
include
the
separate
collection
of
beds
in
paediatric
intensive
care
wards
,
and
NHS
managed
beds
in
residential
care
.
Several
Trusts
have
reclassified
learning
disabilities
beds
as
residential
.
(B16)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Average daily number of available beds by sector; NHS trusts
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In
1994
-
95
"
referral
attendances
"
attendances
became
"
first
attendances
"
and
"
consultant
initiated
attendances
"
became
"
subsequent
attendances
"
.
The
change
in
definition
may
have
a
small
effect
on
the
figures
for
1994
-
95
and
1995
-
96
.
(B18)
Hospital Outpatient Activity: Outpatient attendances, by sector; NHS trusts
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NHS
residential
facilities
were
recorded
separately
for
the
first
time
in
1996
-
97
.
Some
of
these
beds
may
previously
have
been
recorded
under
other
headings
.
(B22)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Hospital beds & places in residential & nursing care homes for people with learning disabilities
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Figures
for
2001
-
02
have
not
yet
been
adjusted
for
shortfalls
in
data
(B24)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Admissions to NHS hospitals under a learning disability specialty by sex and age group
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Figures
for
2001
-
02
have
not
yet
been
adjusted
for
shortfalls
in
data
(B25)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Admissions to NHS hospitals under mental illness specialties by sex and age group
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First
outpatient
attendances
to
mental
illness
specialties
have
increased
by
7%
since
1994
-
95
.
(B26)
Mental Health & Learning Disability: Other NHS activity
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In
2002
-
03
,
Primary
Care
Trusts
and
Health
Authorities
in
England
paid
for
9.7
million
NHS
sight
tests
,
a
decrease
of
1
.
5
%
on
2001
-
02
and
75%
increase
on
1992
-
93
.
This
is
the
first
year
NHS
sight
test
numbers
have
fallen
.
(B3)
General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
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The
Voucher
Scheme
was
introduced
on
1
July
1986.
Under
this
scheme
vouchers
are
issued
to
those
who
would
previously
have
been
eligible
to
receive
NHS
spectacles
,
to
use
towards
buying
their
own
choice
of
spectacles
.
(B3)
General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
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Dressings
and
appliances
have
been
excluded
in
calculating
the
percentages
of
drugs
dispensed
and
prescribed
generically
.
(B4)
Pharmaceutical Services: Prescription items dispensed in the community
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The
proportion
of
children
who
have
been
immunised
by
their
second
birthday
against
diphtheria
,
tetanus
and
polio
in
2001
-
02
was
94
%
,
slightly
below
the
peak
uptake
of
95
.
7
%
in
1996
-
97
.
(B9)
Community Health and Prevention: Vaccination and immunisation
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