Table 1 Obesity related discharges and length of stay from 1997 to 2004 for adults and children.
From: Length of stay and associated costs of obesity related hospital admissions in Ireland
| Â | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Adult | Child | Adult | Child | Adult | Child | Adult | Child | Adult | Child | Adult | Child | Adult | Child | Adult | Child |
Obesity Discharges | ||||||||||||||||
Principal | 38 | 29 | 31 | 12 | 27 | 13 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 18 | 36 | 28 | 38 | 31 | 64 | 42 |
Secondary | 1498 | 64 | 2361 | 96 | 2231 | 102 | 2522 | 113 | 2795 | 116 | 3824 | 158 | 3810 | 154 | 3549 | 135 |
Total | 1536 | 93 | 2392 | 108 | 2258 | 115 | 2552 | 146 | 2827 | 134 | 3860 | 186 | 3848 | 185 | 3613 | 177 |
Length of Stay | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Average | 7.2 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 6.8 | 3.3 |
Median | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Principal | 187 | 114 | 182 | 94 | 205 | 28 | 192 | 80 | 222 | 78 | 296 | 58 | 267 | 74 | 353 | 187 |
Secondary diagnoses | 10930 | 157 | 16062 | 371 | 14222 | 378 | 15019 | 332 | 21543 | 344 | 26657 | 380 | 28350 | 368 | 24190 | 402 |
Total | 11117 | 271 | 16244 | 465 | 14427 | 406 | 15211 | 412 | 21765 | 422 | 26953 | 438 | 28617 | 442 | 24543 | 589 |