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Request received
Media query received regarding the number of hospital admissions for heat/sunstroke and exposure to heat and sunlight broken down by Government Office Region of Residence.
Our response
In response we have provided the following:
Table 1
A count of Finished Admission Episodes (FAEs) where there was:
a) a primary or secondary diagnosis of heat/sunstroke
b) a primary or secondary diagnosis of heat/sunstroke due to exposure to excessive natural heat
c) a primary or secondary diagnosis of heat/sunstroke due to exposure to sunlight
d) exposure to excessive natural heat with no diagnosis of heat /sunstroke and
e) exposure to sunlight with no diagnosis of heat /sunstroke, broken down by month of admission
Table 2
A count of Finished Admission Episodes (FAEs) where there was:
a) a primary or secondary diagnosis of heat/sunstroke
b) a primary or secondary diagnosis of heat/sunstroke due to exposure to excessive natural heat
c) a primary or secondary diagnosis of heat/sunstroke due to exposure to sunlight
d) exposure to excessive natural heat with no diagnosis of heat /sunstroke and
e) exposure to sunlight with no diagnosis of heat /sunstroke, broken down by Government Office Region of residence
Timeframe: The months of April to August, 2017 - 2020 (2020 is provisional)
Last edited: 4 August 2021 4:17 pm