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Diseases » Digestive system cancer » Hospitals

Hospital Statistics for Digestive system cancer

Hospitalization and Digestive system cancer

Hospitals & Clinics: Digestive system cancer

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Hospital statistics for Digestive system cancer:

The following statistics related to hospitals and hospitalization and Digestive system cancer:

2.07% (263,703) of hospital episodes were for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
89% of hospital consultations for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
61% of hospital episodes for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
39% of hospital episodes for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
14% of hospital admissions for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
11.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
66 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
27% of hospitalisations for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
26% of hospitalisations for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
54% of hospitalisations for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2.03% (1,063,742) of hospital bed days were for malignant neoplasm of digestive organs in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
- 0.64% (25,406) of hospital episodes were for cancer of digestive system in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 23% of hospitalisations for cancer of digestive system were single day episodes in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 83% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for cancer of digestive system were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 17% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for cancer of digestive system were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- hospitalisations for cancer of digestive system at public hospitals occurred in 13 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for cancer of digestive system in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- excluding same day episodes, 11.4 days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for cancer of digestive system in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.75% (18,306) of private hospital episodes were for cancer of digestive system in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 35.9% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for cancer of digestive system were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 4.7% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for cancer of digestive system were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 95% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for cancer of digestive system were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- hospitalisations in private hospitals for cancer of digestive system occurred in 9.4 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 7.5 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for cancer of digestive system in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- excluding same day episodes, 10.7 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for cancer of digestive system in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)