Table 1

ACSC contribution to national bed days by age cohort in 2016

ACSCs	Total				0–14			15–64			65+
ACSCs	Bed days	% ACSC bed days	% total bed days	Standardised bed day rate*	Bed days	% ACSC bed days	Age-specific bed day rate	Bed days	% ACSC bed days	Age-specific bed day rate	Bed days	% ACSC bed days	Age-specific bed day rate
Vaccine preventable	340 461	39.1	7.2	10 170	11 276	24.1	11 141	80 775	36.4	2826	248 545	41.3	41 933
Influenza and pneumonia	339 613	39.0	7.2	10 155	10 704	22.9	930	80 518	36.2	2817	248 524	41.3	41 930
Other vaccine preventable	848	0.1	0.0	14	572	1.2	76	257	0.1	81	21	0.0	3
Acute	252 698	29.0	5.4	7002	29 822	63.7	2809	73 371	32.8	2471	150 172	24.9	25 431
Pyelonephritis	120 285	13.8	2.6	3681	6282	13.4	547	19 762	8.9	680	94 338	15.7	16 145
Cellulitis	46 088	5.3	1.0	1307	2512	5.4	182	15 403	6.9	5334	28 141	4.7	4734
Convulsions and epilepsy	36 161	4.2	0.8	857	7026	15.0	707	17 426	7.7	5725	11 993	2.0	1967
Dehydration and Gastro Intestinal Infection	7594	0.9	0.2	216	149	0.3	27	2713	1.2	911	4740	0.8	794
Dental	8422	1.0	0.2	162	4308	9.2	466	3374	1.5	110	809	0.1	126
Ear Nose & Throat infections	15 443	1.8	0.3	282	9090	19.4	881	5401	2.3	1675	1171	0.2	193
Gangrene	11 372	1.3	0.2	308	417	0.9	80	5128	2.3	1780	5827	1.0	956
Perforated ulcer	5575	0.6	0.1	153	10	0.0	29	2597	1.2	896	2969	0.5	487
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease	1758	0.2	0.0	37	28	0.1	1	1567	0.7	485	184	0.0	29
Chronic	278 169	31.9	5.9	8227	5704	12.2	562	68 790	30.9	2448	203 675	33.8	33 631
COPD	126 336	14.5	2.7	3831	140	0.3	23	23 500	10.6	5928	102 659	17.0	16 749
Congestive Heart Failure	68 469	7.3	1.5	2059	141	0.3	22	6425	3.0	2478	61 904	9.4	9735
Diabetic complications	40 241	4.6	0.9	1081	1656	3.5	142	17 259	7.7	5928	21 479	3.6	3457
Angina	15 179	1.7	0.3	430	13	0.0	1	5780	2.6	2125	9386	1.6	1499
Asthma	14 519	1.7	0.3	318	3703	7.9	327	7889	3.5	2639	3015	0.5	471
Hypertension	5586	0.6	0.1	144	177	0.4	10	3158	1.4	1076	2268	0.4	371
Iron deficiency anaemia	12 523	1.4	0.3	357	180	0.4	21	4449	2.0	1514	7915	1.3	1318
Nutritional deficiencies	225	0	0.0	7	5	0.0	0	42	0.0	13	178	0.0	31
ACSC contribution to total bed days in each cohort	871 328	100	18.5	18 297	46 802		4650	222 936		7113	602 392		94 483

*Rates are standardised to the European standard population
ACSC, ambulatory care sensitive condition; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.