Jim Shannon – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2015-11-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful cataract operations in each age group there were in each of the last three years.
Alistair Burt
Data is not collected on the number of successful or unsuccessful cataract operations. The table below shows the number of finished consultant episodes with a main or secondary procedure of a cataract operation by age group between 2012-13 and 2014-15.
Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector
|
Age |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
|
0-4 |
383 |
423 |
332 |
|
5-9 |
187 |
188 |
168 |
|
10-14 |
128 |
138 |
102 |
|
15-19 |
147 |
153 |
156 |
|
20-24 |
235 |
266 |
255 |
|
25-29 |
331 |
315 |
348 |
|
30-34 |
525 |
542 |
510 |
|
35-39 |
788 |
822 |
820 |
|
40-44 |
1,911 |
1,883 |
1,905 |
|
45-49 |
3,803 |
4,166 |
4,208 |
|
50-54 |
7,437 |
7,923 |
8,554 |
|
55-59 |
13,118 |
14,283 |
15,223 |
|
60-64 |
23,605 |
24,919 |
26,860 |
|
65-69 |
39,796 |
43,535 |
47,591 |
|
70-74 |
53,676 |
58,908 |
65,216 |
|
75-79 |
68,836 |
77,081 |
85,126 |
|
80-84 |
65,744 |
72,303 |
78,833 |
|
85-89 |
39,255 |
42,602 |
45,938 |
|
90+ |
13,575 |
14,883 |
15,740 |
|
Unknown |
125 |
137 |
213 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information Centre
Note:
The figures in the table do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.
