Table 3

Numbers and rates of emergency admissions in 2001/2002 and 2010/2011 by condition

	2001/2002		2010/2011			Change over time
	Observed number	Directly standardised rate per 100k	Observed number	Directly standardised rate per 100k	Estimated cost (£ million)	Percentage of change DSR	Qrtly trend p value*	Absolute annual change
Acute ACS conditions
Cellulitis	44 048	77.8	62 305	100.0	118	29	0.005	+18257
Dehydration	5713	8.0	10 676	13.3	26	66	<0.001	+4963
Dental conditions	5287	11.3	10 132	20.0	14	77	<0.001	+4845
Ear, nose and throat infections	66 107	168.5	88 739	205.2	61	22	0.025	+22632
Gangrene (primary diagnosis)	1665	2.6	1472	2.1	7	−19	<0.001	−193
Gangrene (secondary diagnosis)	2321	3.5	6384	8.9		154	<0.001	+4063
Gastroenteritis	43 181	89.1	73 066	127.4	109	43	<0.001	+29885
Nutritional deficiencies	79	0.2	204	0.4	0.5	100	<0.001	+125
Pelvic inflammatory disease	4839	10.1	4561	8.9	8	−12	<0.001	−278
Perforated/bleeding ulcer	7773	12.0	5164	7.7	17	−36	<0.001	−2609
UTI/Pyelonephritis	61 630	101.3	145 132	204.8	316	102	<0.001	+83502
Chronic ACS conditions
Angina	91 867	149.8	61 125	87.8	97	−41	<0.001	−30742
Asthma	57 234	125.5	61 151	124.9	58	0	0.762	+3917
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	94 035	142.8	117 248	161.3	271	13	0.246	+23213
Congestive heart failure	65 038	85.2	54 728	61.9	154	−27	<0.001	−10310
Convulsions and epilepsy	59 936	128.5	77 165	148.2	91	15	<0.001	+17229
Diabetes complications (primary diagnosis)	17 711	33.2	22 608	40.9	52	23	<0.001	+4897
Diabetes complications (secondary diagnosis)	14 089	23.8	31 085	46.5		95	<0.001	+16996
Hypertension	4970	8.5	6320	10.1	6	19	<0.001	+1350
Iron deficiency anaemia	7543	11.0	11 425	15.5	21	41	<0.001	+3882
Vaccine preventable ACS conditions
Influenza (primary diagnosis)	679	1.4	7422	14.7	13	950	0.002	+6743
Influenza (secondary diagnosis)	203	0.4	1306	2.6		550	0.002	+1103
Other vaccine preventable (primary diagnosis)	1363	3.5	884	1.9	1	−46	0.103	−479
Other vaccine preventable (secondary diagnosis)	938	1.9	2278	4.2		121	<0.001	+1340
Pneumonia (primary diagnosis)	33 994	58.6	90 252	127.6	235	118	<0.001	+56258
Pneumonia (secondary diagnosis)	8071	12.1	28 045	37.3		208	<0.001	+19974
Tuberculosis	1681	3.2	1605	3.0	6	−6	0.005	−76
ACS insensitive
Appendicitis	31 896	67.2	37 667	76.1	1	13	<0.001	+5771

*p Value is on quarterly trend in DSR being significantly different from zero.
ACS, ambulatory care sensitive.