Vaping Hospitalisations - FOI Response Register

1. How many hospital admissions have been linked to vaping (where vaping or a vaping related disorder is the primary or secondary diagnosis) in the last five financial years?

Please provide the number of primary diagnoses and the number of secondary diagnoses for each year: 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23.

Nil

2. How many of the admissions each year were children (aged under 18)?

See response to Q1

3. Can you provide a breakdown of ages/age bands for the child admissions in each year?

See response to Q1

4. How many deaths have been linked to vaping or a vaping related disorder?

Please provide the number of primary diagnoses and the number of secondary diagnoses for each year: 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23.

Nil

5. How many of the deaths each year were children (aged under 18)?

See response to Q4.

6. Can you provide a breakdown of ages/age bands for the child deaths in each year?

See response to Q4.