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Half
(
50
%
)
of
those
presenting
were
in
their
twenties
and
around
one
in
seven
(
13
%
)
were
aged
under
20.
(A10)
Health Related Behaviour: Users presenting to drug misuse services for the first time
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Conceptions
include
those
resulting
in
a
maternity
and
those
terminated
by
a
legal
abortion
but
exclude
spontaneous
abortions
(
miscarriages
)
.
(A13)
Fertility: Conceptions
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Among
those
aged
11
-
15
,
girls
are
more
likely
to
be
regular
smokers
than
boys
(
11
%
girls
,
9%
boys
in
2002
)
.
(A8)
Health Related Behaviour: Prevalence of smoking cigarettes among secondary school children aged 11 to 15 years by gender
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ICD
10
codes
replaced
ICD
9
codes
in
1995
-
96
(
consequently
these
figures
are
not
directly
comparable
with
those
from
earlier
years
)
.
(B12)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by selected diagnostic group and age, year ending 31 March 1998
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ICD
10
codes
replaced
ICD
9
codes
in
1995
-
96
consequently
1995
-
96
and
1996
-
97
figures
are
directly
comparable
with
each
other
but
not
with
those
published
for
earlier
years
.
(B13)
Hospital Inpatient Activity: Finished consultant episodes, by major diagnostic group
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Of
those
seen
following
referral
by
their
GP,
80%
had
waited
less
than
13
weeks
and
99
.
8
%
had
waited
less
than
26
weeks
.
(B19)
Outpatient Waiting Times: Patients seen following GP written referral and time waited from referral to consultation - Quarter ended 30 September 2003
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Figures
for
the
number
of
practitioners
relate
to
ophthalmic
medical
practitioners
and
ophthalmic
opticians
who
held
contracts
with
FHSAs
/
HAs
to
carry
out
NHS
sight
tests
as
at
31
December
.
Those
with
more
than
one
contract
are
counted
only
once
.
(B3)
General Ophthalmic Services: Selected statistics
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From
1
April
1989,
NHS
sight
tests
were
restricted
to
children
aged
under
16,
students
aged
16
-
18
in
full
time
education
,
adults
on
low
income
,
users
of
complex
lenses
and
those
with
certain
medical
conditions
or
at
risk
of
eye
disease
.
(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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Figures
for
"
exempt
prescriptions
"
,
including
those
in
the
graph
,
are
based
on
a
1
in
20
sample
of
all
prescription
items
submitted
to
the
Prescription
Pricing
Authority
by
community
pharmacists
and
appliance
contractors
only
.
(B4)
Pharmaceutical Services: Prescription items dispensed in the community
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Source
:
Departmental
of
Health
.
Figures
are
consistent
to
those
shown
in
table
3
.
4b
of
the
Departmental
Report
2004
(CM
6204
)
(E1)
NHS Expenditure (Estimated Outturn) 2003-04 (stage 2 resource budgeting)
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Source
:
Departmental
of
Health
.
Figures
are
consistent
to
those
in
table
3
.
4b
of
the
Departmental
Report
2004
(CM
6204
)
(E2)
Net NHS Expenditure, 2002-03 to 2005-06 (stage 2 resource budgeting)
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The
client
groups
used
are
those
in
the
CIPFA
guidance
and
will
generally
reflect
the
primary
cause
for
placement
/
service
provided
.
(E5)
Local authority personal social services gross expenditure by type of provision, 2000-2001
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The
term
"
children
"
is
generally
understood
as
including
all
children
,
including
those
with
disabilities
;
and
"
elderly
"
will
generally
include
all
or
most
elderly
people
.
(E5)
Local authority personal social services gross expenditure by type of provision, 2000-2001
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