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30-03-2018 12:27
Health and Hospital Statistics 2016
In-patient Discharges
During 2016, 78.486 patients were treated and discharged from the general hospitals of the public sector, remaining at approximately the same levels as in 2015 (78.988). In addition, 1.481 patients were treated and discharged from Kyperounta and Polis Rural Hospitals in 2016 compared to 1.564 in 2015, recording a decrease of 5,3%.
In 2016, the bed occupancy rate of the general hospitals of the public sector was 73,1%, recording a slight decrease compared to 2015, when it was 74,7%. The respective percentage for the rural hospitals in 2016 was 46,9%, recording a decrease from 2015, when it was 51,3%.
Neoplasms have the highest share, 13,3% of the total patients discharged from General Hospitals, followed by injuries, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes as well as diseases of the circulatory system, both with 9,3%, diseases of the digestive system with 8,4% and diseases of the respiratory system with 8,0%. All other disease categories account for 41,5%, whereas “Not stated” accounts for 10,2%.
Out-patient Attendances
During 2016 a total of 1.796.654 out-patient attendances were recorded at the public medical institutions, recording a decrease of 2,5% compared to 1.841.974 in 2015. Additionally, in 2016 a total of 309.426 patients visited the casualty departments, compared to 314.091 patients in 2015, recording a slight decrease of 1,5%.
Deaths and Causes of Death
In 2016, 5.587 deaths have been recorded, including all deaths of residents, as well as non-residents dying in Cyprus. A percentage of 54% of total deaths (3.012 deaths) refers to men, whereas 46% (2.575 deaths) refers to women. The main causes of death were the diseases of the circulatory system (33,1%), neoplasms (23,7%), the diseases of the respiratory system (8,9%), endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (6,9%), as well as the external causes of injury and poisoning (5,4%). Other causes of death follow with lower frequencies.
METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Definitions
In-patient: Is a person who has been through the full admission procedure in one of the general/rural hospitals and for whom a “patient’s file” has been prepared and remained at the hospital for treatment for at least one night, or admitted and discharged at the same day.
Out-patient attendance: Is the visit of the patient to an out-patient department.
Sources of Data and Coverage
In-patient discharges: Data on patients who are admitted for treatment and discharged from the government hospitals (discharges) are collected in electronic form from all the hospitals. Micro databases are forwarded to the Statistical Service and the compilation, tabulation and analysis of data are performed by Statistics Officers.
Out-patient attendances: From the data on out-patient attendances in general and rural hospitals that are sent in electronic form to the Statistical Service of Cyprus, the “problematic records”, i.e. males visiting gynaecology departments or adults visiting paediatric departments etc., are only taken into account for weighting cases to the total.
As regards the health centres (H.C), the total number of out-patient visits as reported by all health centres is distributed by speciality, sex and age according to the percentage distribution obtained from the electronic data extracted from the IT systems. The following health centres own an IT system: H.C Aglantzia, Lakatamia, Egkomi, Kaimakli, Strovolos, Agios Dometios, Klirou, Palaichori, Avgorou, Ormideia, Linopetra and Larnaka Old Hospital.
Causes of death: The source is the Cause of Death Register owned by the Health Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Health. The total number of deaths recorded in the register, includes all deaths occurring in Cyprus, both of residents and non-residents, as well as deaths of Cypriot residents occurring abroad.
For more information:
Eleni Kyriacou: Tel:+35722605114, E-mail: ekyriacou@cystat.mof.gov.cy
Nicoletta Petrou: Tel: +35722602158, E-mail: npetrou@cystat.mof.gov.cy
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