Information collected by the Information and Statistics Division of the Common Services Agency through the Scottish Morbidity Record, the Continuous Morbidity Record and child health surveillance identifies a condition, although not the cause of a condition.The following table shows the number of discharges over the four years to December 2001 for conditions where malnutrition is either specifically mentioned or where it is highly likely, excluding codes where the deficiency is more likely to be secondary to another condition.General Acute Hospital Discharges Involving a Diagnosis of Malnutrition, Under 15 Year-Olds, ScotlandYear End DecemberDiagnosis (ICD10 code(s))1998199920002001PMalnutrition Total*49554531Malnutrition (ICD10 E40-E46)1123134Effects of Hunger (ICD10 T73.0)2-1-Other Nutritional Deficiencies (ICD10 E50- E63)21202018Sequelae of Vitamin/Mineral/Other Deficiencies(ICD10 E64.1-E64.9)-331Other Iron Deficiency Anaemia (ICD10 D50.8) 151188Source: ISD Scotland...