Volume 14, Number 5—May 2008
Research
Increasing Hospitalizations and General Practice Prescriptions for Community-onset Staphylococcal Disease, England
Table 1
Comparison of trends in hospital admissions, England, 1989–90 to 2003–04*
Type of infection and ICD codes |
No. admissions
(age-standardized admission
rate per 100,000 population) |
Standardized admission ratios (95% CI) |
||
---|---|---|---|---|
Acute community-onset infections likely to be caused by staphylococci (ICD-9: ICD-10 codes) | 1989–90 | 2003–04 | 2003–04 vs. 1989–90 | |
Abscess, carbuncle, and furuncle and/or cellulitis (6800–6811, 6819–6829: L02.0–L03.9) | 23,884 (50.0) | 74,447(148.8) | 2.98 (2.96–3.00) | |
Bone and joint infection (7300–7309, 7110: M86.0– M86.6, M86.8, M86.9, M00.0–M00.2,M00.8,M00.9) | 4,104 (8.9) | 6,700 (13.4) | 1.57 (1.53–1.60) | |
Staphylococcal septicemia (381: A41.0–A41.2) | 249 (0.5) | 1,681 (3.3) | 6.39 (6.10–6.71) | |
Impetigo (684: L01.0,L01.1) | 199 (0.4) | 1,108 (2.5) | 5.92 (5.58–6.28) | |
Staphylococcal pneumonia (4824: J15.2) | 109 (0.2) |
568 (1.2) |
5.04 (4.64–5.47) |
|
1995–96 |
2003–04 |
2003–04 vs. 1995–96 |
||
Cellulitis (NA: L03.0–L03.9) | 24,388 (50.3) | 49,980 (98.9) | 1.97 (1.95–1.98) | |
Abscess, carbuncle, and furuncle (NA: L02.0–L02.9) | 12,675 (26.1) | 24,467 (49.3) | 1.89 (1.86–1.91) | |
Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome (NA: L00.X) |
149 (0.3) |
747 (1.6) |
5.27 (4.91–5.63) |
|
Acute community-onset control conditions (ICD-9: ICD-10 codes) |
1989–90 |
2003–04 |
2003–04 vs. 1989–90 |
|
Forearm fracture (8130–8135:S520–S529) | 30,272 (63.2) | 54,089(106.9) | 1.69 (1.01–1.68) | |
Acute appendicitis (5400–5409, K35.0–K35.9) | 30,946 (64.6) | 30,324 (61.5) | 0.95 (0.94–0.96) | |
Ingrown toenail (7030:L60.0) | 16,606 (34.7) | 11,182 (22.7) | 0.65 (0.64–0.67) | |
Other septicemias (380–384, 388,389: A400–A409, A414, A415, A418, A419 | 3,793 (7.9) | 12,873 (24.9) | 3.15 (3.10–3.20) | |
Gastroenteritis/diarrhea of presumed infectious origin (91: A09.X) | 8,416 (17.6) | 6,528 (14.3) | 0.81 (0.79–0.83) | |
Cholecystitis (5750: K81.0) | 3,171 (6.6) | 4,264 (8.3) | 1.25 (1.21–1.28) | |
Conjunctivitis (3720–3724:H10.0–H10.9) | 639 (1.3) | 193 (0.3) | 0.33 (0.29–0.38) | |
Viral pneumonia (4800–4809:J12.0–J12.9) | 585 (1.2) | 501 (1.1) | 0.88 (0.81–0.96) | |
Erysipelas (35:A46.X) | 373 (0.8) | 357 (0.7) | 0.89 (0.80–0.99) |
*Years are financial years, April 1 to March 31. CI, confidence interval; ICD, International Classification of Diseases; NA, not available.