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There were 86,696 separations (a hospital transfer, discharge or death) from Tasmanian public hospitals in 2004-05. In 2004-05, people living in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region accounted for 42.2% of public hospital separations, while people in the Northern Region accounted for 32.8%, and people in the Mersey-Lyell Region accounted for 23.9%.
Some 16.8% of separations from Tasmanian public hospitals occurred among people diagnosed with diseases and disorders of the kidney and urinary tract, the most common diagnostic category in the state. It was also the most common public hospital diagnostic category for each Region, accounting for 8.1% of separations for residents in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 22.6% for residents in the Northern Region, and 24.2% of separations in the Mersey-Lyell Region.
There were 63,966 separations from Tasmanian private hospitals in 2004-05. Diseases and disorders of the digestive system accounted for 13.1% of private hospital separations, making it the most common diagnostic category for private hospitals in the state.
HOSPITAL SEPARATIONS, Tasmanian regions(a), 2004-05 |
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hospitals | Private
hospitals |
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Hobart-
Southern | Northern | Mersey-
Lyell | Tasmania(b) | Tasmania(b) |
Major diagnostic category |
no.
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no.
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no.
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no.
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no.
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Burns | 88 | 29 | 21 | 141 | 3 |
Diseases and disorders | | | | | |
| Of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 3,639 | 2,316 | 1,890 | 8,002 | 8,091 |
| Of the circulatory system | 2,981 | 2,385 | 1,962 | 7,439 | 3,145 |
| Of the digestive system | 2,553 | 3,301 | 2,409 | 8,377 | 8,406 |
| Of the ear, nose and throat | 1,055 | 947 | 643 | 2,682 | 4,425 |
| Of the eye | 154 | 157 | 300 | 615 | 5,298 |
| Of the female reproductive system | 498 | 719 | 655 | 1,879 | 3,580 |
| Of the hepatobiliary system | 688 | 690 | 523 | 1,922 | 904 |
| Of the kidney and urinary tract | 2,976 | 6,439 | 5,009 | 14,557 | 2,645 |
| Of the male reproductive system | 392 | 312 | 198 | 905 | 1,577 |
| Of the nervous system | 2,263 | 1,504 | 1,107 | 4,951 | 1,682 |
| Of the respiratory system | 2,007 | 1,617 | 1,088 | 4,801 | 2,182 |
| Of the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast | 1,388 | 948 | 1,051 | 3,419 | 3,363 |
| Of the blood, blood forming organs and immune system | 1,046 | 290 | 183 | 1,524 | 647 |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic | 860 | 417 | 277 | 1,567 | 914 |
Factors influencing health status & other contact with health services | 2,340 | 1,184 | 848 | 4,397 | 3,696 |
Infections and parasitic diseases (systemic or unspecified site) | 449 | 306 | 224 | 991 | 352 |
Injuries, poisonings and toxic effect of drugs | 1'484 | 746 | 459 | 2,764 | 589 |
Mental diseases and disorders | 2,282 | 772 | 558 | 3,641 | 4,002 |
Newborns/neonates with conditions originating in the perinatal period | 556 | 443 | 114 | 1,115 | 2,139 |
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 2,852 | 2,402 | 744 | 6,025 | 3,393 |
Substance use and substance induced organic mental disorders | 494 | 172 | 116 | 791 | 351 |
Total |
36,544
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28,460
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20,702
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86,696
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63,966
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(a) By region of residence.
(b) Includes other, unknown and persons living interstate. |
Source: Tasmanian Hospitals Morbidity Data Collection, Clinical Data Services, Department of Health and Human Services.
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