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Figure 100. Alcohol-Related Hospital Admissions in Young People Aged 15–24 Years,New Zealand 2000–2011Admissions per 100,000 (15−24 Years)25020015010050214820722204Number Alcohol-Related AdmissionsAlcohol-Related Admissions Rate2426 23822566350030002500200015001000500Number of Admissions002000–01 2002–03 2004–05 2006–07 2008–09 2010–11YearSource: Numerator: National Minimum Dataset; Denominator: Statistics NZ Estimated Resident Population(projected from 2007); Note: Admissions with any mention of alcohol in first 15 diagnostic codes or first 10external cause codes; Emergency Department cases removed; Numbers are per 2-year periodNew Zealand Distribution by Primary DiagnosisIn New Zealand during 2007–2011, alcohol was listed as a contributory cause in a largenumber of hospital admissions. However only 8.8% of these admissions had acuteintoxication or the toxic effects of alcohol listed as the primary diagnosis. In 36.5% of casesan injury was the primary diagnosis, with head and upper limb injuries playing a particularlyprominent role. In addition, 32.2% of admissions had a mental health condition (includingalcohol dependence) listed as the primary diagnosis, with schizophrenia being the mostfrequent mental health diagnosis recorded. Finally, 11.8% of admissions had poisoning byother drugs or substances listed as the primary reason for admission (Table 44). Ininterpreting these figures however, it must be remembered that as a result of inconsistentuploading of emergency department cases to the National Minimum Dataset, ED caseshave been removed. These figures thus reflect the more severe end of spectrum, as it islikely that many cases of acute intoxication or minor injury were dealt with in the EDsetting.Alcohol-Related Hospital Admissions - 228