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Table 2 Percentage of infectious and parasitic disease admissions from the total number of admissions stratified per age group

From: Hospital admissions due to infectious and parasitic diseases in England and Wales between 1999 and 2019: an ecological study

  

Below 15 years

15–59 years

60–74 years

75 years and above

ICD code

Description

Number of admissions

Percentage from total number of admissions

Number of admissions

Percentage from total number of admissions

Number of admissions

Percentage from total number of admissions

Number of admissions

Percentage from total number of admissions

A00–A09

Intestinal infectious diseases

727,303

31.5%

691,780

36.8%

351,513

34.4%

517,750

33.9%

A15–A19

Tuberculosis

6228

0.3%

87,429

4.6%

17,686

1.7%

12,667

0.8%

A20–A28

Certain zoonotic bacterial diseases

352

 < 0.1%

2494

0.1%

652

0.1%

357

 < 0.1%

A30–A49

Other bacterial diseases (Leprosy [Hansen's disease], Infection due to other mycobacteria, Listeriosis, Tetanus neonatorum, Obstetrical tetanus, Other tetanus, Diphtheria, Whooping cough, Scarlet fever, Meningococcal infection, Streptococcal sepsis, Other sepsis, Actinomycosis, Nocardiosis, Bartonellosis, Erysipelas, and Bacterial infection of unspecified site)

134,567

5.8%

381,722

20.3%

494,431

48.3%

853,721

56.0%

A50–A64

Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission

882

 < 0.1%

21,662

1.2%

1,587

0.2%

1411

0.1%

A65–A69

Other spirochetal diseases

963

 < 0.1%

4340

0.2%

1070

0.1%

339

 < 0.1%

A70–A74

Other diseases caused by chlamydiae

292

 < 0.1%

827

 < 0.1%

96

 < 0.1%

38

 < 0.1%

A75–A79

Rickettsioses

48

0.1%

664

 < 0.1%

144

 < 0.1%

46

 < 0.1%

A80–A89

Viral and prion infections of the central nervous system

18,418

0.8%

68,273

3.6%

8466

0.8%

5,391

0.4%

A90–A99

Arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral hemorrhagic fevers

141

 < 0.1%

2428

0.1%

281

 < 0.1%

63

 < 0.1%

B00–B09

Viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions

141,575

6.1%

89,034

4.7%

40,167

3.9%

56,777

3.7%

B10–B10

Other human herpesviruses

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

B15–B19

Viral hepatitis

3509

0.2%

93,118

5.0%

12,041

1.2%

2848

0.2%

B20–B20

Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease

522

 < 0.1%

15,056

0.8%

607

0.1%

177

 < 0.1%

B25–B34

Other viral diseases (Cytomegaloviral disease, Mumps, Infectious mononucleosis, Viral conjunctivitis, and Viral infection of unspecified site)

1,237,328

53.7%

311,282

16.5%

43,842

4.3%

30,255

2.0%

B35–B49

Mycoses

19,416

0.8%

48,018

2.6%

35,529

3.5%

30,293

2.0%

B50–B64

Protozoal diseases

5103

0.2%

46,684

2.5%

7878

0.8%

1,994

0.1%

B65–B83

Helminthiases

3948

0.2%

8087

0.4%

1077

0.1%

287

 < 0.1%

B85–B89

Pediculosis, acariasis and other infestations

3550

0.2%

1420

0.1%

956

0.1%

2423

0.2%

B90–B94

Sequelae of infectious and parasitic diseases

17

 < 0.1%

56

 < 0.1%

54

 < 0.1%

26

 < 0.1%

B95–B97

Bacterial and viral infectious agents

803

 < 0.1%

1439

0.1%

536

0.1%

733

 < 0.1%

B99–B99

Other infectious diseases

1231

0.1%

5046

0.3%

4253

0.4%

8265

0.5%

  1. ICD International Statistical Classification of Diseases system