Table 1.

Emergency admissions to hospitals in England, Scotland and Wales

Year	Total emergency episodes of care	NCDs	Proportion due to NCDs	Infectious	Other
1998	4,241,740	1,416,233	33.4	758,909	2,066,598
1999	4,624,203	1,524,400	33.0	829,957	2,269,846
2000	4,646,676	1,506,015	32.4	830,138	2,310,523
2001	4,695,901	1,502,037	32.0	857,165	2,336,699
2002	4,748,396	1,528,421	32.2	870,300	2,349,675
2003	4,955,793	1,553,018	31.3	925,579	2,477,196
2004	5,226,327	1,615,895	30.9	968,778	2,641,654
2005	5,474,088	1,657,871	30.3	1,038,961	2,777,256
2006	5,539,096	1,661,962	30.0	1,065,425	2,811,709
2007	5,596,348	1,653,469	29.6	1,095,035	2,847,844
2008	5,878,047	1,714,978	29.2	1,171,721	2,991,348
2009	6,044,766	1,742,348	28.8	1,218,905	3,083,513
2010	6,154,817	1,754,518	28.5	1,303,949	3,096,350
2011	6,103,373	1,742,428	28.6	1,313,939	3,047,006
2012	6,227,489	1,708,109	27.4	1,520,873	2,998,507
2013	6,323,329	1,723,921	27.3	1,538,055	3,061,353
2014	6,544,362	1,780,540	27.2	1,665,661	3,098,161
2015	6,700,962	1,828,843	27.3	1,767,899	3,104,220
2016	6,840,286	1,863,312	27.2	1,879,997	3,096,977
2017	7,060,027	1,908,126	27.0	1,990,743	3,161,158
2018	7,035,449	1,892,501	26.9	1,939,085	3,203,863