Table 2.

Total number of discharges, total length of stay, discharge frequency and relative length of stay from 1997 to 2004 for adults and children.

	1997		1998		1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004
	Adult	Child	Adult	Child	Adult	Child	Adult	Child	Adult	Child	Adult	Child	Adult	Child	Adult	Child
Total discharges (103)	552	67	568	65	632	63	667	63	724	64	760	60	800	63	844	63
Total diagnoses (103)	1351	114	1441	114	1617	114	1726	114	1880	119	2323	119	2275	128	2425	130
Length of Stay
Average	5.5	2.7	5.3	2.6	5.0	2.6	4.9	2.5	4.7	2.5	4.5	2.4	4.3	2.3	4.3	2.2
Total (103)	3022	184	3037	172	3159	166	3257	158	3406	157	3448	142	3481	143	3644	142
Discharge frequency*
	1.14	0.81	1.66	0.94	1.40	1.01	1.48	1.29	1.50	1.13	1.66	1.57	1.70	1.45	1.49	1.37
Relative length of stay**
	3.7	1.5	5.3	2.7	4.6	2.4	4.7	2.6	6.4	2.7	7.8	3.1	8.2	3.1	6.7	4.2

*per 1000 diagnoses

**per 1000 days of hospital care