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The following statistics related to hospitals and hospitalization and Lung cancer:
- 0.62% (79,192) of hospital consultant episodes were for malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 83% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 60% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 40% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 31% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 10.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung 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 bronchus and lung in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 24% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 27% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 36% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.77% (404,810) of hospital bed days were for malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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