Total number of admissions* to hospital for stab wounds** for years 1996-97 to 2001-02, broken down by age and strategic health authority (SHA) of residence, national health service hospital s England and activity performed in the independent sector in England commissioned by English NHS
2001-02
2000-01
Under 16
16 to 18
Over 18
Unknown age
Under 16
16 to 18
Over 18
Unknown age
England Total
132
508
3,973
29
130
444
3,662
13
Q01
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA
*
15
86
*
*
108
Q02
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA
*
10
77
*
*
64
Q03
Essex HA
*
10
90
*
12
77
Q04
North West London HA
6
33
207
8
*
23
171
2
Q05
North Central London HA
9
22
198
1
11
24
173
1
Q06
North East London HA
9
42
273
17
46
246
Q07
South East London HA
13
33
217
1
8
28
218
Q08
South West London HA
7
9
122
3
*
15
81
1
Q09
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear HA
7
21
168
*
21
152
Q10
County Durham and Tees Valley HA
11
14
129
*
11
97
Q11
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire HA
*
*
76
3
*
9
67
Q12
West Yorkshire HA
*
24
176
9
19
139
Q13
Cumbria and Lancashire HA
*
22
176
8
13
144
Q14
Greater Manchester HA
12
49
305
17
40
347
Q15
Cheshire and Merseyside HA
9
36
261
*
26
203
Q16
Thames Valley HA
*
14
81
*
*
85
Q17
Hampshire and Isle of Wight HA
*
10
64
*
7
58
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Q18
Kent and Medway HA
*
12
65
*
*
69
Q19
Surrey and Sussex HA
6
15
88
3
*
12
92
2
Q20
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire HA
*
9
98
*
13
109
Q21
South West Peninsula HA
*
*
59
*
7
39
Q22
Dorset and Somerset HA
0
*
27
*
10
43
Q23
South Yorkshire HA
*
11
86
*
10
108
Q24
Trent HA
*
16
160
*
16
170
Q25
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland HA
*
7
94
*
6
59
Q26
Shropshire and Staffordshire HA
*
*
35
*
*
39
Q27
Birmingham and the Black Country HA
7
34
306
1
7
42
278
1
Q28
Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire HA
*
10
79
*
*
78
S
Scotland
0
0
*
0
*
*
U
EnglandNot Otherwise Specified
0
*
53
2
0
6
52
2
W
Wales
*
0
10
0
0
10
X
Foreign (Including Isle of Man and Channel Islands)