Weekly Admissions by Age
Weekly number of acute COVID-19 hospital admissions across Scotland by age group.
COVID-19 hospital admissions are defined as: A patient’s first PCR or LFD confirmed test of the episode of infection (including reinfections at 90 days or more after their last positive test) for COVID-19 up to 14 days prior to admission to hospital or within two days of admission. COVID-19 hospital admissions only include emergency admissions to medical or paediatric specialties, excluding emergency admissions for injuries.
Data Dictionary
Column | Type | Label | Description |
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WeekEnding | numeric | This represents the week a patient was admitted, as the last day (Sunday) of that week. This is stored as a numeric in the format CCYYMMDD. |
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Country | text | 9-digit country code for Scotland |
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AgeGroup | text | Age group of individual. Categories for age group are coded as: ‘Under 18’, ’18-29’, ’30-39’, ’40-49’, ’50-54’, ’55-59’, ’60-64’, ’65-69’, ’70-74’, ’75-79’ or ‘80+’. |
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AgeGroupQF | text | Qualifier for AgeGroup, indicating totals |
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Admissions | numeric | Number of acute COVID-19 admissions to hospital |
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AdmissionsQF | text | Qualifier for Admissions |
Additional Information
Field | Value |
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Data last updated | May 9, 2024 |
Metadata last updated | November 23, 2023 |
Created | November 23, 2023 |
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