Hospital Statistics for Irritable bowel syndrome
Hospitalization and Irritable bowel syndrome
34,000 in the USA 1987 (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, US Government Printing Office, 1994).
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Hospitals and Irritable bowel syndrome
34,000 (1987) (Source: excerpt from
Digestive Diseases Statistics: NIDDK)
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- 0.045% (5,798) of hospital consultant episodes were for irritable bowel syndrome in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 92% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 28% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 72% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 24% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 5.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for irritable bowel syndrome in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for irritable bowel syndrome in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 44 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for irritable bowel syndrome in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 80% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 5% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 66% of hospital consultant episodes for irritable bowel syndrome were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.016% (8,354) of hospital bed days were for irritable bowel syndrome in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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