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Diseases » Depressive disorders » Hospitals

Hospital Statistics for Depressive disorders

Hospitalization and Depressive disorders

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Hospital statistics for Depressive disorders:

The following statistics related to hospitals and hospitalization and Depressive disorders:

Depressive disorders accounted for 452,224 patient days in hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW Hospital Morbidity Database 2001-02, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Depressive disorders resulted in 68,450 hospitalisations in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW Hospital Morbidity Database 2001-02, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
0.2% (25,852) of hospital consultant episodes were for depressive episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
93% of hospital consultant episodes for depressive episodes required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
39% of hospital consultant episodes for depressive episodes were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
41% of hospital consultant episodes for depressive episodes were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
70% of hospital consultant episodes for depressive episodes required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
39.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for depressive episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
21 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for depressive episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
52 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for depressive episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
62% of hospital consultant episodes for depressive episodes occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
20% of hospital consultant episodes for depressive episodes occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3% of hospital consultant episodes for depressive episodes were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1.51% (793,979) of hospital bed days were for depressive episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.07% (8,598) of hospital consultant episodes were for recurrent depressive disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
93% of hospital consultant episodes for recurrent depressive disorder required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
30% of hospital consultant episodes for recurrent depressive disorder were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
70% of hospital consultant episodes for recurrent depressive disorder were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
65% of hospital consultant episodes for recurrent depressive disorder required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
50.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for recurrent depressive disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
28 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for recurrent depressive disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
55 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for recurrent depressive disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
59% of hospital consultant episodes for recurrent depressive disorder occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
19% of hospital consultant episodes for recurrent depressive disorder occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2% of hospital consultant episodes for recurrent depressive disorder were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.63% (332,004) of hospital bed days were for recurrent depressive disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
- hospitalisations for depressive episode at public hospitals occurred in 7.8 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 11.1 days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for depressive episode in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia in psychiatric hospitals:
- 1,693 hospital episodes in public psychiatric hospitals were for depressive episode or disorder in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 19.7% of hospitalisations in public psychiatric hospitals for depressive episode or disorder were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 98% of hospitalisations in public psychiatric hospitals for depressive episode or disorder were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- hospitalisations for depressive episode or disorder at public psychiatric hospitals occurred in 0.9 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 39 days was the mean length of stay for depressive episode or disorder in public psychiatric hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- excluding same day episodes, 20.2 days was the mean length of stay in public psychiatric hospitals for depressive episode or disorder in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia for public hospitals:
- 1.004% (273) of hospital episodes for depressive episode in public hospitals occurred in females aged 5 to 14 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 13.78% (3,747) of hospital episodes for depressive episode in public hospitals occurred in females aged 15 to 24 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 18.3% (4,976) of hospital episodes for depressive episode in public hospitals occurred in females aged 25 to 34 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 20% (5,434) of hospital episodes for depressive episode in public hospitals occurred in females aged 35 to 44 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 20.17% (5,486) of hospital episodes for depressive episode in public hospitals occurred in females aged 45 to 54 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 9.88% (2,687) of hospital episodes for depressive episode in public hospitals occurred in females aged 55 to 64 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 6.92% (1,881) of hospital episodes for depressive episode in public hospitals occurred in females aged 65 to 74 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 7.87% (2,139) of hospital episodes for depressive episode in public hospitals occurred in females aged 75 to 84 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 2.1% (572) of hospital episodes for depressive episode in public hospitals occurred in females aged over 85 in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)