Table 6

Frequency of common diagnoses according to hospital size

		Hospital A	Hospital B	Hospital C	Hospital D
Total population		143 000	200 000	300 000	500 000
Child population—20% total		28 600	40 000	60 000	100 000
Annual admissions—63/1000 population		1801	2520	3780	6300
Diagnosis	% Pinderfields	n expected per 12 months
Upper respiratory tract and viral infection	19.7	355	496	745	1241
High dependency care^3-150	18.0	234	328	491	819
Asthma	9.5	171	239	359	599
Gastroenteritis	8.7	157	219	329	548
Ingestion	6.4	115	161	242	403
Bronchiolitis	4.5	81	113	170	284
Gastro-oesophageal reflux and failure to thrive	4.1	74	103	155	258
Croup	3.5	63	88	132	221
Pneumonia	3.5	63	88	132	221
Febrile convulsion	3.3	59	83	125	208
Fits	2.9	52	73	110	183
Urinary infection or renal disorder	2.6	47	66	98	164
Meningitis and septicaemia	0.9	16	23	34	57
Intensive care	0.6	11	15	23	38
Soft tissue infections	0.7	13	18	26	44
Specific infections^3-151	0.7	13	18	26	44
Surgical problems^3-152	0.3	6	9	13	22

↵3-150 The high dependency figures may be too high as they are based on winter work.
↵3-151 Specific infections include chickenpox, malaria—one per year—whooping cough, glandular fever.
↵3-152 Surgical problems include appendicitis, intussusseption, inguinal hernia.