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The pregnancy numbers are a policy and not related to accidents. It would be similar to say that children at age 3, 5 and 12 months are much more likely to end up in the hospital than other age groups, since those are the ages when they get vaccinations.

As with all statistics, there is some apple to oranges comparisons and some contexts that get lost.



Surely "admissions" does not include scheduled doctor's appointments?


Based on the data it seem it does.

"HES contains records of all admissions, appointments and attendances at NHS-commissioned hospital services in England."

One could limit the data to accidents and illnesses. Outcome of pregnancy would then not qualify unless there were complications.




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