OIA REQUEST
Received:
25 January 2022
Due:
23 February 2022
Response Date:
18 February 2022
Subject:
Heart Related Issues and Surgeries
In response to your request under the Official Information Act, please find our response below:
Request
I am seeking the number of people that have visited any/all hospitals and doctor's
surgeries within the BOPDHB for any/al heart related issues, (including but not limited
to pericarditis, myocarditis, heart attacks and strokes).
The data requested is for;
−
The 11-month period from February 2021 until December 2021 inclusive
−
Displayed in month-by-month format
−
Compared to the monthly data for the previous three years
Response
This data is for all patients admit ed to Hospital with the primary diagnosis - as requested. It is
separated into Ischaemic heart disease (unstable angina or myocardial infarction),
inflammatory heart disease (pericarditis, myocarditis, and endocarditis) and cerebrovascular
diseases related to bleeds or thrombotic episode (stroke, haemorrhage, or infarction).
We are unable to provide data for presentations to ED (who were not admitted to hospital), as
the coding system is less accurate. It is highly unlikely for a person with these conditions not
to be admit ed.
Ischaemic heart diseases
Month
2018
2019
2020
2021
February
67
66
70
59
March
71
61
58
92
April
59
65
56
61
May
74
74
82
81
June
66
66
88
79
July
59
71
88
80
August
74
70
77
72
September
74
69
87
68
October
74
81
67
78
November
78
74
77
72
December
64
68
82
60
Grand Total
760 765 832 802
Heart disease including Pericarditis, endocarditis, and myocarditis
Month
2018
2019
2020
2021
February
3
7
5
2
March
9
7
3
9
April
7
6
4
6
May
9
3
2
4
June
6
5
6
4
July
2
4
6
8
August
6
4
8
8
September
8
5
5
5
October
1
5
12
7
November
5
7
6
7
December
7
4
5
5
G
rand Total
63
57
62
65
Cerebrovascular diseases (including intracerebral haemorrhage, cerebral infarction,
stroke, occlusion and stenosis of cerebral arteries)
Month
2018
2019
2020
2021
February
46
42
28
34
March
37
41
37
44
April
41
39
35
34
May
39
40
44
56
June
21
43
58
43
July
38
58
48
41
August
46
37
39
42
September
39
44
52
47
October
39
37
47
43
November
47
43
44
43
December
31
49
53
36
G
rand Total
424
473
485
463
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understanding of how we are delivering publicly funded healthcare. This includes the
proactive publication of anonymised Of icial Information Act responses on our website. Please
note this response may be published on our website.
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Yours sincerely
DEBBIE BROWN
Senior Advisor Governance and Quality