AQW 478/16-21


Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford


Tabled Date: 02/06/2016
Answered On Date: 14/06/2016
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health how many women in each Health and Social Care Trust miscarried in each year from 2010-11 to 2015-16; and how many miscarriages occurred (i) in hospital; and (ii) away from hospital.


Answer:
Information is not collected centrally on the number of women who miscarry in each Health and Social Care Trust; therefore it is not possible to determine the exact number of miscarriages that occurred either in or away from hospital. The number of admissions to hospital with a pregnancy miscarriage recorded is given in the following table by HSC Trust, for each of the last five years (the latest available data).
HSC Trust
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
2014/15
Belfast
562
566
379
403
382
Northern
432
459
390
373
403
South Eastern
477
434
360
388
356
Southern
606
623
646
663
606
Western
480
456
482
409
419
Total
2,557
2,538
2,257
2,236
2,166
Source: Hospital Inpatient System
Note:
The number of pregnancy miscarriages given includes all pregnancy losses from the time of conception until 24 weeks gestation.
Readmissions for retained products of conception following treatment for ectopic pregnancy, hydatidiform mole, other abnormal products of conception or spontaneous abortion have been excluded.