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There were 81,657 separations (a hospital transfer, discharge or death) from Tasmanian public hospitals in 2001-02, an 8.7% increase from the 1999-2000 figure of 75,155 (source: Regional Statistics, Tasmania, 2001 - cat. no. 1362.6). In 2001-02, people living in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region accounted for 47.4% of separations, while people in the Northern Region accounted for 33.4%, and people in the Mersey-Lyell Region accounted for 18.1% of total separations.
Some 18.3% 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 17.4% of separations for residents in both the Greater Hobart-Southern Region and the Northern Region, and 21.9% of separations in the Mersey-Lyell Region.
There were 71,764 separations from Tasmanian private hospitals in 2001-02. Diseases and disorders of the digestive system accounted for 14.5% of private hospital separations, making it the most common diagnostic category for private hospitals in the state.
HOSPITAL SEPARATIONS, Tasmanian regions(a) - 2001-02 |
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hospitals | | Private
hospitals |
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| Greater
Hobart-
Southern | Northern | Mersey-
Lyell | Tasmania(b) | | Tasmania(b) |
Major diagnostic category(c) |
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 | 97 | 30 | 12 | 144 | | 10 |
Diseases and disorders | | | | | | |
| Of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 3,830 | 2,147 | 1,377 | 7,459 | | 8,748 |
| Of the circulatory system | 2,863 | 2,409 | 1,498 | 6,864 | | 4,605 |
| Of the digestive system | 2,227 | 2,792 | 1,609 | 6,699 | | 10,401 |
| Of the ear, nose and throat | 1,203 | 1,047 | 555 | 2,826 | | 4,319 |
| Of the eye | 170 | 161 | 160 | 496 | | 4,746 |
| Of the female reproductive system | 689 | 787 | 622 | 2,109 | | 4,472 |
| Of the hepatobiliary system | 543 | 619 | 351 | 1,534 | | 1,015 |
| Of the kidney and urinary tract | 6,719 | 4,749 | 3,250 | 14,904 | | 2,487 |
| Of the male reproductive system | 324 | 224 | 206 | 759 | | 1,443 |
| Of the nervous system | 1,856 | 1,467 | 786 | 4,160 | | 2,201 |
| Of the respiratory system | 1,966 | 1,668 | 781 | 4,473 | | 2,940 |
| Of the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast | 1,788 | 779 | 568 | 3,151 | | 5,050 |
| Of the blood, blood forming organs and immune system | 756 | 265 | 142 | 1,167 | | 730 |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic | 873 | 299 | 243 | 1,422 | | 717 |
Factors influencing health status & other contact with health services | 1,492 | 967 | 675 | 3,145 | | 4,354 |
Infections and parasitic diseases (systemic or unspecified site) | 593 | 402 | 144 | 1,154 | | 413 |
Injuries, poisonings and toxic effect of drugs | 1,014 | 689 | 341 | 2,105 | | 807 |
Mental diseases and disorders | 2,102 | 893 | 622 | 3,667 | | 3,251 |
Neoplastic disorders (haematological & solid neoplasms) | 2,750 | 275 | 260 | 3,292 | | 2,136 |
Newborns/neonates with conditions originating in the perinatal | 1,967 | 1,678 | 146 | 3,806 | | 2,351 |
Pregnancy, childbirth and the peurperium | 2,679 | 2,785 | 390 | 5,893 | | 4,032 |
Substance use and substance induced organic mental disorders | 206 | 139 | 77 | 428 | | 536 |
Total |
38,707
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27,271
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14,815
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81,657
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71,764
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(a) By region of residence.
(b) Includes other, unknown and persons living interstate.
(c) For definitions of these categories, please contact the Hospital and Ambulance Services Division, Department of Health and Human Services.
Source: Tasmanian Hospitals Morbidity Data Collection, Hospital and Ambulance Services Division, Department of Health and Human Services. |
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