Table 4.3.4 Annual population based hospital admission rates (per 10 000 population) for different gastrointestinal diseases, based on numbers of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) and on numbers of people admitted in England, 1998–99 to 2001–2002

Diagnosis at admission	ICD-10 code	No of FCEs	Admission rate per 10 000 population	No of people admitted	Admission rate per 10 000 population
Sources: Department of Health, 2004.⁴⁵³ Unit of Health-Care Epidemiology, Oxford, 2004.⁴⁸⁴
Diseases of the digestive system:
Diseases of oral cavity, salivary glands, and jaws	K00–K14	700 664	35.8	669 884	34.2
Oesophagitis	K20	150 944	7.7	135 476	6.9
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease	K21	227 032	11.6	208 516	10.7
Other diseases of oesophagus	K22, K23	211 860	10.8	161 348	8.2
Peptic ulcer	K25–K28	217 280	11.1	157 828	8.1
Gastritis and duodenitis	K29	339 248	17.3	308 424	15.8
Dyspepsia	K30	148 200	7.6	144 816	7.4
Other diseases of stomach and duodenum	K31	33 848	1.7	28 256	1.4
Appendicitis	K35–K37	146 476	7.5	138 136	7.1
Other diseases of appendix	K38	5 432	0.3	5 108	0.3
Hernia of abdominal cavity	K40–K46	635 620	32.5	596 204	30.5
Crohn’s disease	K50	71 632	3.7	44 496	2.3
Ulcerative colitis	K51	89 620	4.6	67 140	3.4
Other non-infective gastroenteritis and colitis	K52	303 500	15.5	260 488	13.3
Diverticular of intestine	K57	211 688	10.8	182 284	9.3
Other diseases of intestines	K55,K56,K58–K63	752 812	38.5	632 892	32.3
Diseases of peritoneum	K65–K67	31 496	1.6	25 344	1.3
Liver cirrhosis	K70, K73, K74	81 080	4.1	46 200	2.4
Other diseases of liver	K71,K72,K75–K77	29 072	1.5	22 176	1.1
Cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, and other diseases of the gallbladder	K80–K82	363 620	18.6	263 420	13.5
Other diseases of biliary tract	K83, K87	37 820	1.9	25 800	1.3
Acute pancreatitis	K85	64 560	3.3	43 044	2.2
Other diseases of the pancreas	K86	33 644	1.7	19 212	1.0
Other diseases of the digestive system	K90–K93	273 796	14.0	191 288	9.8
Total gastrointestinal diseases	K00–K93	5 160 944	263.8	4 377 780	223.7
Malignant neoplasms of the digestive system:
Oesophagus	C15	123 848	6.3	38 240	2.0
Stomach	C16	109 532	5.6	37 068	1.9
Small intestine	C17	8 612	0.4	3 156	0.2
Colon	C18	375 660	19.2	88 924	4.5
Rectosigmoid junction	C19	56 328	2.9	13 976	0.7
Rectum	C20	199 924	10.2	48 524	2.5
Anus and anal canal	C21	10 484	0.5	4 124	0.2
Liver and intrahepatic ducts	C22	20 660	1.1	9 200	0.5
Gallbladder	C23	3 708	0.2	1 516	0.1
Other and unspecified parts of biliary tract	C24	7 432	0.4	3 480	0.2
Pancreas	C25	62 064	3.2	22 796	1.2
Other and ill-defined digestive organs	C26	9 428	0.5	3 788	0.2
Total malignant neoplasms of the digestive system	C15–C26	987 680	50.5	274 792	14.0
Benign and other neoplasms of the digestive system	D00–01,D12–13,D37	225 820	11.5	191 480	9.8
Intestinal infectious diseases:
Cholera	A00	40	0.0	40	0.0
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	A01	1 020	0.1	856	0.0
Other salmonella infections	A02	5 488	0.3	4 572	0.2
Shigellosis	A03	412	0.0	372	0.0
Other bacterial intestinal infections	A04	33 656	1.7	28 192	1.4
Other bacterial food borne intoxications	A05	632	0.0	536	0.0
Amoebiasis	A06	400	0.0	296	0.0
Other protozoal intestinal diseases	A07	1 316	0.1	1 160	0.1
Viral and other specified intestinal infections	A08	80 064	4.1	74 248	3.8
Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin	A09	37 132	1.9	33 264	1.7
Total intestinal infectious diseases	A00–A09	160 160	8.2	143 536	7.3
Viral hepatitis	B15–B19	20 232	1.0	15 484	0.8
Total gastrointestinal diseases:	A00–A09, B15–B19, C15–C26, D00, D01, D12, D13, D37, K00–K93	6 554 836	335.0	5 003 072	255.7