Hospital Statistics for Asthma
Hospitalization and Asthma
478,000 (NHLBI 1999).
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The following statistics related to hospitals and hospitalization and Asthma:
- 500,000 hospitalizations annually in the US (Mayo Clinic)
- 1.5 million ED visits in 1995 (NHLBI)
- 201 males per 100,000 population are hospitalised with asthma in Australia 2001-2002 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 217 females per 100,000 population are hospitalised with asthma in Australia 2001-2002 (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- 0.49% (62,273) of hospital consultant episodes were for asthma in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 83% of hospital consultant episodes for asthma required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 45% of hospital consultant episodes for asthma were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 55% of hospital consultant episodes for asthma were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 96% of hospital consultant episodes for asthma required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for asthma in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for asthma in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 30 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for asthma in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 46% of hospital consultant episodes for asthma occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 8% of hospital consultant episodes for asthma occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1% of hospital consultant episodes for asthma were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.31% (164,826) of hospital bed days were for asthma in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.076% (9,643) of hospital consultant episodes were for status asthmaticus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 77% of hospital consultant episodes for status asthmaticus required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 45% of hospital consultant episodes for status asthmaticus were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 55% of hospital consultant episodes for status asthmaticus were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 98% of hospital consultant episodes for status asthmaticus required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for status asthmaticus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for status asthmaticus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 29 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for status asthmaticus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 52% of hospital consultant episodes for status asthmaticus occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 7% of hospital consultant episodes for status asthmaticus occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0% of hospital consultant episodes for status asthmaticus were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.055% (28,718) of hospital bed days were for status asthmaticus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
- hospitalisations for asthma at public hospitals occurred in 12.1 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 2.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for asthma in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
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