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Diseases » Acute Appendicitis » Hospitals

Hospital Statistics for Acute Appendicitis

Hospitalization and Acute Appendicitis

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Hospital statistics for Acute Appendicitis:

The following statistics related to hospitals and hospitalization and Acute Appendicitis:

0.255% (32,544) of hospital consultant episodes were for acute appendicitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
91% of hospital consultant episodes for acute appendicitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
57% of hospital consultant episodes for acute appendicitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
43% of hospital consultant episodes for acute appendicitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
98% of hospital consultant episodes for acute appendicitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4.4days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for acute appendicitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3days was the median length of stay in hospitals for acute appendicitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
28 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for acute appendicitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
67% of hospital consultant episodes for acute appendicitis occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2% of hospital consultant episodes for acute appendicitis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for acute appendicitis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.25% (131,361) of hospital bed days were for acute appendicitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.035% (4,512) of hospital consultant episodes were for unspecified appendicitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
92% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified appendicitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
51% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified appendicitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
49% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified appendicitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
96% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified appendicitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3.7 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for unspecified appendicitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for unspecified appendicitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
28 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for unspecified appendicitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
75% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified appendicitis occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified appendicitis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified appendicitis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.03% (15,354) of hospital bed days were for unspecified appendicitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
- 0.46% (18,177) of hospital episodes were for appendicitis in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 7% of hospitalisations for appendicitis were single day episodes in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 86% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for appendicitis were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 14% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for appendicitis were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- hospitalisations for appendicitis at public hospitals occurred in 9.3 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 3.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for appendicitis in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- excluding same day episodes, 3.4 days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for appendicitis in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.23% (5,652) of private hospital episodes were for appendicitis in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 1.6% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for appendicitis were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 9.1% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for appendicitis were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 91% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for appendicitis were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- hospitalisations in private hospitals for appendicitis occurred in 2.9 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 3.2 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for appendicitis in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- excluding same day episodes, 3.2 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for appendicitis in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
- hospitalisations for acute appendicitis at public hospitals occurred in 7.3 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 3.5 days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for acute appendicitis in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)