Comparison of numbers of paediatric episodes (in thousands) reported in hospital episode statistice (HES) compared with reports which include paediatric and surgical admissions from Office of Health Economics (OHE) and self reported in general household survey (GHS)
| Age |
HES (all paediatric) | OHE | GHS |
| 1989/90 | 921 | ||
| 1990/91 | 973 | ||
| 1991/92 | 978 | 1286 | 712 |
| 1992/93 | 969 | 1288 | 777 |
| 1993/94 | 1000 | 1435 | 754 |
| 1995/96 | 993 | 1407 | 666 |
| 1996/97 | 983 | 1432 | 645 |
| 1997/98 | 935 |
Child surgical admissions excluded.