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<p>NHS Digital has provided a count of finished admission episodes<sup>1</sup> (FAE)
where primary diagnosis<sup>2</sup> was malnutrition<sup>3</sup>, by 10 year age bands
for the years 2014-15 to 2017-18<sup>4</sup>. This information is provided in the
following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Activity in English
National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent
sector</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age band (years)</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-9</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-19</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20-29</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-39</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>40-49</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50-59</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60-69</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>70-79</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>80-89</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>90+</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All
ages</p></td><td><p>734</p></td><td><p>741</p></td><td><p>801</p></td><td><p>819</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>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><sup>2</sup>The primary diagnosis
is the first of up to 20 diagnosis fields in the HES data set and provides the main
reason why the patient was admitted to hospital.</p><p> </p><p><sup>3</sup>ICD-10
codes used to define malnutrition are:</p><p>E40 Kwashiorkor</p><p>E41 Nutritional
marasmus</p><p>E42 Marasmic kwashiorkor</p><p>E43 Unspecified severe protein-energy
malnutrition</p><p>E44 Protein-energy malnutrition of moderate and mild degree</p><p>E45
Retarded development following protein-energy malnutrition</p><p>E46 Unspecified protein-energy
malnutrition</p><p>O25 Malnutrition in pregnancy</p><p> </p><p><sup>4</sup>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>
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