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<p>The number of finished admission episodes (FAEs) in which the primary diagnosis
was an eating disorder are given below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>FAEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2,067</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,963</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2,287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,868</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A 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. These data
do not record the age of the patient, so it is not possible to ascertain if an episode
related to a child, a young person or an adult.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The
primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and 7 prior
to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the Hospital Episode Statistics data set and provides
the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>"eating
disorders” are classified with ICD10 codes as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>F50.0
Anorexia nervosa</p><p> </p><p>F50.1 Atypical anorexia nervosa</p><p> </p><p>F50.2
Bulimia nervosa</p><p> </p><p>F50.3 Atypical bulimia nervosa</p><p> </p><p>F50.4 Overeating
associated with other psychological disturbances</p><p> </p><p>F50.5 Vomiting associated
with other psychological disturbances</p><p> </p><p>F50.8 Other eating disorders</p><p>
</p><p>F50.9 Eating disorder, unspecified</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>
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