"Figure 16: Hospital emergency admissions, 1997-98 to 2012-13","" "England","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Million admissions" "","" "","Long-stay admissions","Short-stay admissions" "1997-98","2.5","1.2" "1998-99","2.5","1.3" "1999-00","2.5","1.3" "2000-01","2.5","1.4" "2001-02","2.5","1.4" "2002-03","2.5","1.4" "2003-04","2.6","1.6" "2004-05","2.6","1.8" "2005-06","2.6","2.1" "2006-07","2.6","2.2" "2007-08","2.5","2.3" "2008-09","2.6","2.5" "2009-10","2.7","2.6" "2010-11","2.7","2.7" "2011-12","2.7","2.7" "2012-13","2.8","2.7"