Influenza cause of 329 hospital stays in 1995

Final figures for 1995 show that there were 634,000 hospital stays at somatic hospitals in Norway. The number of stays in which the main diagnosis was influenza totalled 329. The number of hospital stays due to heart attacks dropped by nearly 10 per cent in 1992-1995. Expenditures of somatic hospitals increased nominally by about NOK 1.3 billion from 1994 to 1995.

Inpatient stays at somatic hospitals totalled 634,000 in 1995. Fifteen per cent of the patients had cardiovascular diseases as their main diagnosis. Cases involving this group of diseases increased sharply in 1992-1995. One reason was that more stroke victims were admitted. On the other hand, the subgroup heart attack patients declined from 14,035 in 1992 to 12,662 in 1995.

The number of stays in which influenza was the main diagnosis, has averaged between 140 and 476 per year from 1992 to 1995. Of the 329 stays in 1995 nearly half of the patients were children or aged 60 or older. The number of stays due to broken hips has been slowly rising in recent years. In 1995, this was the main diagnosis listed on 10,065 discharges.

New Statistics

Patient statistics and county health statistics, 1995.
Statistics are published annually in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics. More information: Anne Mundal, tel. +47 21 09 45 33, e-mail: amu@ssb.no and Merete Thonstad, tel. +47 21 09 45 39, e-mail: met@ssb.no.

Weekly Bulletin Weekly Bulletin issue no. 7, 1997

Patient statistics and county health statistics, 1995:

Influenza cause of 329 hospital stays in 1995

New Statistics

Patient statistics and county health statistics, 1995.Statistics are published annually in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics. More information: Anne Mundal, tel. +47 21 09 45 33, e-mail: amu@ssb.no and Merete Thonstad, tel. +47 21 09 45 39, e-mail: met@ssb.no.

Patient statistics and county health statistics, 1995.
Statistics are published annually in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics. More information: Anne Mundal, tel. +47 21 09 45 33, e-mail: amu@ssb.no and Merete Thonstad, tel. +47 21 09 45 39, e-mail: met@ssb.no.