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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
		Public hospitals					Private hospitals
		Greater Hobart- Southern	Northern	Mersey- Lyell	Tasmania(b)		Tasmania(b)
Major diagnostic category(c)		no.	no.	no.	no.		no.
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	27,271	14,815	81,657		71,764
(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.