Table 2

Total number of Hospital Episode Statsitics for which there was a primary diagnosis or 'external cause' of ADR 1998–2005


1998–9
1999–00
2000–1
2001–2
2002–3
2003–4
2004–5
% Change 1998–2005

Total No. of Episodes
11,983,893
12,167,574
12,674,277
12,357,360
12,757,656
13,174,480
13,706,765
14.4
No. with 'drug induced' codes
10506
10105
9823
9442
9246
9453
10396
-1.0
No. with external cause codes
42,555
47,385
50,113
52,160
56,943
62,618
66,296
55.8
Total Adverse Drug Reactions
53,061
57,490
59,936
61,602
66,189
72,071
76,692
44.5

Patel et al. BMC Clinical Pharmacology 2007 7:9   doi:10.1186/1472-6904-7-9