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Diseases » Avoidant Personality Disorder » Stats

Statistics about Avoidant Personality Disorder

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Avoidant Personality Disorder Prevalence: Book Excerpts

Society statistics for Avoidant Personality Disorder

Hospitalization statistics for Avoidant Personality Disorder:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Avoidant Personality Disorder:

0.001% (75) of hospital consultant episodes were for anxious or avoidant personality disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
92% of hospital consultant episodes for anxious or avoidant personality disorder required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
35% of hospital consultant episodes for anxious or avoidant personality disorder were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
65% of hospital consultant episodes for anxious or avoidant personality disorder were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
72% of hospital consultant episodes for anxious or avoidant personality disorder required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
51.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for anxious or avoidant personality disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
14 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for anxious or avoidant personality disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
44 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for anxious or avoidant personality disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
97% of hospital consultant episodes for anxious or avoidant personality disorder occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1% of hospital consultant episodes for anxious or avoidant personality disorder occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for anxious or avoidant personality disorder were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.004% (1,979) of hospital bed days were for anxious or avoidant personality disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

This page presents a variety of statistics about Avoidant Personality Disorder. The term 'prevalence' of Avoidant Personality Disorder usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Avoidant Personality Disorder at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Avoidant Personality Disorder refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Avoidant Personality Disorder diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.