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<p>There are no records held on the numbers of deaths or injuries caused by dogs held
on the Index of Exempted Dogs. However, annual statistics for the last full five years,
published by the Health & Social Care Information Centre, on Counts of Finished
Admission Episodes for dog bites and strikes is contained in the attached table (the
figures should be read in conjunction with the footnotes to the table).</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the number of people killed by dogs each year for the
last full five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>2010</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>5</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Counts of Finished
Admission Episodes (FAEs)<sup>1</sup> for dog bites and strikes<sup>2</sup>, 2009-10
to 2013-14<sup>3</sup></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Activity in English
NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FAEs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>5,837</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>6,005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>6,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>6,317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>6,836</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Health and Social Care Information
Centre</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. Finished admission episodes A finished admission
episode (FAE) is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within
one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission
episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person
may have more than one admission within the period.</p><p> </p><p>2. External cause
codes</p><p> </p><p>A supplementary code that indicates the nature of any external
cause of injury, poisoning or other adverse effects. Only the first external cause
code which is coded within the episode is counted in HES.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>ICD-10
code used: W54 - Bitten or struck by dog</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3. Assessing
growth through time (Admitted patient care)</p><p> </p><p>HES figures are available
from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the
context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years),
improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07)
and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due
to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so
no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in
activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information.</p><p>Note
that Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) include activity ending in the year in question
and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1st April
2012 and 31st March 2013.</p>
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