Table 4 Annual number of HES finished consultant episodes with an 'external code' for an adverse drug reaction
ICD-10 | 1998–9 | 1999–00 | 2000–1 | 2001–2 | 2002–3 | 2003–4 | 2004–5 | % Change 1998–2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Y40 | Systemic antibiotics | 4,206 | 4,212 | 4,533 | 4,341 | 4,697 | 5,624 | 6,449 | 53.3 |
Y41 | Other systemic anti-infectives/anti-parasitics | 829 | 816 | 1,017 | 945 | 1,195 | 1,134 | 1,453 | 75.3 |
Y42 | Hormones (including synthetic, antagonists) | 4,547 | 5,088 | 4,934 | 5,113 | 5,803 | 5,461 | 5,319 | 17 |
Y43 | Primarily systemic agents | 7,501 | 8,271 | 9,078 | 9,877 | 10,766 | 11,226 | 12,054 | 60.7 |
Y44 | Agents primarily affecting blood constituents | 4,062 | 4,483 | 4,723 | 4,797 | 5,230 | 5,995 | 4,272 | 5.2 |
Y45 | Analgesics/antipyretics/anti-inflammatory | 5,951 | 6,726 | 6,787 | 6,819 | 7,540 | 8,079 | 9,004 | 51.3 |
Y46 | Antiepileptics/antiParkinsonism drugs | 1,230 | 1,267 | 1,224 | 1,340 | 1,401 | 1,501 | 1,628 | 32.4 |
Y47 | Sedatives, hypnotics, anti-anxiety drugs | 370 | 400 | 450 | 430 | 480 | 586 | 560 | 51.4 |
Y48 | Anaesthetics, therapeutic gases | 414 | 538 | 502 | 440 | 505 | 521 | 531 | 28.3 |
Y49 | Psychotropic drugs | 1,653 | 1,678 | 2,008 | 1,992 | 1,953 | 2,364 | 2,544 | 53.9 |
Y50 | Central nervous system stimulants | 46 | 67 | 75 | 76 | 69 | 71 | 93 | 102.2 |
Y51 | Drugs affecting autonomic nervous system | 1,702 | 2,056 | 2,277 | 2,470 | 2,686 | 3,239 | 3,532 | 107.5 |
Y52 | Agents primarily affecting cardiovascular system | 4,044 | 4,752 | 5,376 | 5,667 | 6,234 | 6,836 | 7,768 | 92.1 |
Y53 | Agents primarily affecting gastrointestinal system | 398 | 410 | 486 | 416 | 461 | 579 | 656 | 64.8 |
Y54 | Agents affecting water/mineral balance/uric acid | 2,136 | 2,617 | 2,945 | 3,526 | 4,151 | 5,118 | 5,638 | 164 |
Y55 | Agents affecting muscle/respiratory system | 312 | 299 | 342 | 321 | 323 | 430 | 422 | 35.3 |
Y56 | Topical agents affecting skin/ENT, dental | 1,138 | 1,236 | 983 | 1,202 | 1,065 | 1,079 | 1,224 | 7.6 |
Y57 | Other and unspecified medicaments | 1,524 | 1,715 | 1,780 | 1,907 | 1,906 | 2,014 | 2,398 | 57.3 |
Y58 | Bacterial vaccines | 226 | 347 | 255 | 182 | 197 | 356 | 281 | 24.3 |
Y59 | Other vaccines/biologicals | 266 | 407 | 338 | 299 | 281 | 405 | 470 | 76.7 |
Total | 42,555 | 47,385 | 50,113 | 52,160 | 56,943 | 62,618 | 66,296 | 55.8 |