Statistics about Huntington's Disease
Prevalence and incidence statistics for Huntington's Disease:
See also prevalence and incidence page for Huntington's Disease
Prevalance of Huntington's Disease:
estimated 3-7 per 100,000 people of European ancestry suffer from Huntington disease, Genetics Home Reference website
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 33,333 or 0.00% or 8,160 people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of Huntington's Disease: 26 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 175,390 or 0.00% or 1,550 people in USA [about data]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Huntington's Disease:
1,550 per year,
129 per month,
29 per week,
4 per day,
0 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 26 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)
Prevalance of Huntington's Disease:
About 30,000 Americans have HD and about 150,000 more are at risk of inheriting the disease from a parent.
(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)
Huntington's Disease Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Society statistics for Huntington's Disease
Hospitalization statistics for Huntington's Disease:
The following are statistics from various sources
about hospitalizations and Huntington's Disease:
- 0.004% (479) of hospital consultant episodes were for Huntington’s Disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 81% of hospital consultant episodes for Huntington’s Disease required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 48% of hospital consultant episodes for Huntington’s Disease were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 52% of hospital consultant episodes for Huntington’s Disease were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 48% of hospital consultant episodes for Huntington’s Disease required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 57.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for Huntington’s Disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 14 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for Huntington’s Disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 53 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for Huntington’s Disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital consultant episodes for Huntington’s Disease occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 12% of hospital consultant episodes for Huntington’s Disease occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 4% of hospital consultant episodes for Huntington’s Disease were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.025% (13,259) of hospital bed days were for Huntington’s Disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
About statistics:
This page presents a variety of statistics about Huntington's Disease.
The term 'prevalence' of Huntington's Disease usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Huntington's Disease at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Huntington's Disease refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Huntington's Disease 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.
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