LGA15 Hospital Admissions - Persons - Principal Diagnostic - 2012-2013

Total hospital admissions 2012/13, excluding same-day admissions for dialysis for kidney disease and well babies who are nine days older or less. The data presented are of the number of separations, or completions of the episode of care of a patient in hospital by principal diagnosis (infectious and parasitic diseases, all cancers, mental health related conditions, circulatory system diseases, respiratory system diseases, digestive system diseases, musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases, genitourinary system diseases, pregnancy and childbirth, injury, poisoning and other external causes) for Public hospitals and All hospitals (all entries that were classified as not shown, not published or not applicable were assigned a null value; no data was provided for Maralinga Tjarutja LGA, in South Australia). The data is by LGA 2015 profile (based on the LGA 2011 geographic boundaries). For more information on statistics used please refer to the PHIDU website, available from: http://phidu.torrens.edu.au/. Note: Data were not available for private hospitals in Tasmania, the Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory. Therefore the ‘all hospitals’ data for these areas has been omitted. Source: Compiled by PHIDU using data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, supplied on behalf of State and Territory health departments for 2012/13; and the average of the ABS Estimated Resident Population, 30 June 2012 and 2013.