Statistics about Iron deficiency anemia

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Iron deficiency anemia:

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Incidence (annual) of Iron deficiency anemia: 187,979 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC); 20% women of childbearing age; 2% adult men (NWHIC)

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 24 or 4.12% or 11.2 million people in USA [about data]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Iron deficiency anemia: 11,212,400 per year, 934,366 per month, 215,623 per week, 30,718 per day, 1,279 per hour, 21 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 187,979 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC); 20% women of childbearing age; 2% adult men (NWHIC)

Prevalance of Iron deficiency anemia: In the United States, 20% of all women of childbearing age have iron-deficiency anemia, compared with only 2% of adult men. (Source: excerpt from Anemia: NWHIC)

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Death and mortality statistics for Iron deficiency anemia:

Deaths from Iron deficiency anemia: 118 deaths (NHLBI 1999)

Death rate extrapolations for USA for Iron deficiency anemia: 117 per year, 9 per month, 2 per week, 0 per day, 0 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the deaths statistic: 118 deaths (NHLBI 1999)

Society statistics for Iron deficiency anemia

  Hospitalizations for Iron deficiency anemia: 47,000 (NHLBI 1999)

Hospitalization statistics for Iron deficiency anemia:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Iron deficiency anemia:

• 0.27% (34,291) of hospital consultant episodes were for iron deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 79% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 33% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 67% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 32% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 8.1 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for iron deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for iron deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 63 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for iron deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 31% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 42% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 45% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.18% (96,562) of hospital bed days were for iron deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

  Physician office visits for Iron deficiency anemia: 473,000 (NHLBI 1999)

About statistics:

This page presents a variety of statistics about Iron deficiency anemia. The term 'prevalence' of Iron deficiency anemia usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Iron deficiency anemia at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Iron deficiency anemia refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Iron deficiency anemia 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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