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Key Health Data for the West Midlands 2004

Table 2.7: West Midlands hospital admission rates for severe accidental injury in children

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		95% Confidence Interval
Local Authority	Rate	Lower limit	Upper limit
South Shropshire	1.26	0.58	2.39
Newcastle-under-Lyme	1.17	0.76	1.71
Stoke-on-Trent UA	1.13	0.84	1.48
Malvern Hills	1.12	0.62	1.86
Coventry	1.12	0.87	1.41
Worcester	1.11	0.68	1.71
Sandwell	1.08	0.84	1.38
Shrewsbury & Atcham	1.04	0.63	1.61
Birmingham	1.03	0.90	1.17
Dudley	1.00	0.76	1.29
North Shropshire	0.98	0.49	1.76
South Staffordshire	0.98	0.60	1.53
Nuneaton & Bedworth	0.95	0.61	1.42
North Warwickshire	0.94	0.47	1.68
Staffordshire Moorlands	0.94	0.53	1.53
Tamworth	0.92	0.52	1.52
Wolverhampton	0.92	0.67	1.23
Warwick	0.91	0.56	1.39
Stafford	0.88	0.53	1.38
East Staffordshire	0.88	0.53	1.37
Bridgnorth	0.88	0.38	1.73
Redditch	0.87	0.48	1.45
Walsall	0.87	0.64	1.15
Stratford on Avon	0.85	0.50	1.34
Telford & Wrekin UA	0.83	0.55	1.19
Wychavon	0.81	0.47	1.29
Cannock Chase	0.77	0.43	1.27
Lichfield	0.73	0.38	1.25
Wyre Forest	0.70	0.37	1.21
County of Herefordshire UA	0.68	0.43	1.02
Solihull	0.62	0.40	0.91
Rugby	0.56	0.26	1.04
Bromsgrove	0.39	0.15	0.82
Oswestry	*	*	*
West Midlands	0.88	0.82	0.93

SOURCE:
NOTES:
1. Data were extracted from the National Hospital Episode Statistics system
2. ICD-10 primary diagnosis S00-T98x & external cause code V01-V99; W00-X59; Y40-Y84
3. Where spell duration >3days
4. Adjusted using Department of Health methodology
5. Denominator = ONS Mid-year revised 2002 LA estimates
6. * Rate suppressed as number of admissions is <5

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