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There were 86,696 separations (a hospital transfer, discharge or death) from Tasmanian public hospitals in 2004-05. In 2004-05, people living in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region accounted for 42.2% of public hospital separations, while people in the Northern Region accounted for 32.8%, and people in the Mersey-Lyell Region accounted for 23.9%.

Some 16.8% of separations from Tasmanian public hospitals occurred among people diagnosed with diseases and disorders of the kidney and urinary tract, the most common diagnostic category in the state. It was also the most common public hospital diagnostic category for each Region, accounting for 8.1% of separations for residents in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 22.6% for residents in the Northern Region, and 24.2% of separations in the Mersey-Lyell Region.

There were 63,966 separations from Tasmanian private hospitals in 2004-05. Diseases and disorders of the digestive system accounted for 13.1% of private hospital separations, making it the most common diagnostic category for private hospitals in the state.

HOSPITAL SEPARATIONS, Tasmanian regions(a), 2004-05
		Public hospitals				Private hospitals
		Greater Hobart- Southern	Northern	Mersey- Lyell	Tasmania(b)	Tasmania(b)
Major diagnostic category		no.	no.	no.	no.	no.
Burns		88	29	21	141	3
Diseases and disorders
	Of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue	3,639	2,316	1,890	8,002	8,091
	Of the circulatory system	2,981	2,385	1,962	7,439	3,145
	Of the digestive system	2,553	3,301	2,409	8,377	8,406
	Of the ear, nose and throat	1,055	947	643	2,682	4,425
	Of the eye	154	157	300	615	5,298
	Of the female reproductive system	498	719	655	1,879	3,580
	Of the hepatobiliary system	688	690	523	1,922	904
	Of the kidney and urinary tract	2,976	6,439	5,009	14,557	2,645
	Of the male reproductive system	392	312	198	905	1,577
	Of the nervous system	2,263	1,504	1,107	4,951	1,682
	Of the respiratory system	2,007	1,617	1,088	4,801	2,182
	Of the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast	1,388	948	1,051	3,419	3,363
	Of the blood, blood forming organs and immune system	1,046	290	183	1,524	647
	Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic	860	417	277	1,567	914
Factors influencing health status & other contact with health services		2,340	1,184	848	4,397	3,696
Infections and parasitic diseases (systemic or unspecified site)		449	306	224	991	352
Injuries, poisonings and toxic effect of drugs		1'484	746	459	2,764	589
Mental diseases and disorders		2,282	772	558	3,641	4,002
Newborns/neonates with conditions originating in the perinatal period		556	443	114	1,115	2,139
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium		2,852	2,402	744	6,025	3,393
Substance use and substance induced organic mental disorders		494	172	116	791	351
Total		36,544	28,460	20,702	86,696	63,966
(a) By region of residence. (b) Includes other, unknown and persons living interstate.