Incontinence
(asked on 12th January 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with incontinence in each of the last five years.
Below are the counts of finished admission episodes with a primary diagnosis of urinary incontinence and faecal incontinence, for the years 2010-11 to 2014-15.
Activity in English National Health Service Hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector | ||
Year | Urinary Incontinence | Faecal Incontinence |
2010-11 | 27,797 | 4,973 |
2011-12 | 26,751 | 5,200 |
2012-13 | 24,938 | 5,768 |
2013-14 | 23,498 | 5,753 |
2014-15 | 20,969 | 5,774 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, Health and Social Care Information Centre
These data only include diagnoses of incontinence where there was an admission to hospital. There is likely to be other cases where the condition was diagnosed in a primary care setting.
Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.