Main endoscopic diagnoses by age group and type of presentation
| Endoscopic diagnoses | New admissions (4109) | Inpatients (833) | Total* (5004) | ||||
| Age <60 (1588) | Age 60–79 (1530) | Age ≥80 (991) | Age <60 (159) | Age 60–79 (367) | Age ≥80 (307) | ||
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |
| Peptic ulcer | 27 (425) | 41 (627) | 42 (416) | 31 (49) | 38 (138) | 48 (147) | 36 (1826) |
| Varices | 20 (325) | 8.1(124) | 2.0 (20) | 23 (37) | 6.8 (25) | 2.6 (8) | 11 (544) |
| Malignancy | 1.1 (17) | 5.3 (81) | 5.9 (58) | 1.3 (2) | 3.3 (12) | 6.5 (20) | 3.7 (187) |
| Oesophagitis | 25 (396) | 23 (348) | 20 (194) | 28 (45) | 27 (99) | 28 (85) | 24 (1177) |
| Oesophagitis alone | 10 (163) | 8.4 (128) | 7.3 (72) | 6.3 (10) | 11 (41) | 8.8 (27) | 8.9 (443) |
| Gastritis/erosions | 22 (349) | 21 (326) | 22 (221) | 21 (33) | 21 (76) | 21 (64) | 22 (1091) |
| Gastritis/erosions alone | 5.9 (93) | 7.5 (114) | 8.8 (87) | 4.4 (7) | 8.4 (31) | 5.2 (16) | 7.2 (360) |
| Erosive duodenitis | 17 (264) | 12 (181) | 9.5 (94) | 10 (16) | 13 (46) | 9.1 (28) | 13 (640) |
| Erosive duodenitis alone | 2.5 (39) | 2.3 (35) | 2.0 (20) | 1.9 (3) | 3.0 (11) | 1.6 (5) | 2.3 (114) |
| Mallory–Weiss | 6.0 (95) | 5.0 (77) | 2.1 (21) | 1.9 (3) | 2.7 (10) | 2.0 (6) | 4.3 (213) |
| Mallory–Weiss alone | 3.1 (50) | 2.4 (36) | 1.0 (10) | 0.6 (1) | 1.6 (6) | 1.0 (3) | 2.1 (106) |
| Other† (any) | 1.2 (19) | 3.2 (49) | 4.1 (41) | 3.1 (5) | 2.7 (10) | 2.6 (8) | 2.6 (133) |
| Other alone | 0.3 (5) | 2.3 (35) | 2.9 (29) | 0.6 (1) | 1.6 (6) | 1.0 (3) | 1.6 (80) |
| No abnormality seen | 19 (286) | 15 (235) | 19 (191) | 15 (24) | 17 (63) | 19 (57) | 17 (865) |
* Includes 93 transfers from other hospitals or admission data missing.
† Includes vascular ectasia, haemobilia.