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Diseases » Liver conditions » Hospitals

Hospital Statistics for Liver conditions

Hospitalization and Liver conditions

300,000 people in the USA 1987 for "chronic liver disease and cirrhosis" (Digestive diseases in the United States: Epidemiology and Impact – NIH Publication No. 94-1447, NIDDK, 1994).

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Hospital statistics for Liver conditions:

The following statistics related to hospitals and hospitalization and Liver conditions:

0.26% (32,971) of hospital episodes were for liver diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
66% of hospital consultations for liver diseases required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
60% of hospital episodes for liver diseases were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
40% of hospital episodes for liver diseases were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
62% of hospital admissions for liver diseases required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
12.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for liver diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
8 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for liver diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
53 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for liver diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
66% of hospitalisations for liver diseases occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
8% of hospitalisations for liver diseases occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
11% of hospitalisations for liver diseases were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.46% (241,438) of hospital bed days were for liver diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
- 1.56% (61,725) of hospital episodes were for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 16% of hospitalisations for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas were single day episodes in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 88% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 12% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- hospitalisations for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas at public hospitals occurred in 31.6 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 4.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- excluding same day episodes, 5 days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 1.17% (28,374) of private hospital episodes were for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 7% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 5.7% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 94% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- hospitalisations in private hospitals for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas occurred in 14.5 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 3.4 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- excluding same day episodes, 3.6 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for diseases of liver, gallbladder and pancreas in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)