Statistics about Lymphatic Filariasis

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Lymphatic Filariasis:

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Incidence (annual) of Lymphatic Filariasis: about 0 cases in the USA (DPD)

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 0 or 0.00% or 0 people in USA [about data]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Lymphatic Filariasis: 0 per year, 0 per month, 0 per week, 0 per day, 0 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second.

Prevalance of Lymphatic Filariasis: Lymphatic filariasis affects over 120 million people in 73 countries throughout the tropics and sub-tropics of Asia, Africa, the Western Pacific, and parts of Central and South America. You cannot get the worms in the United States. (Source: excerpt from Lymphatic Filariasis: DPD)

Society statistics for Lymphatic Filariasis

Hospitalization statistics for Lymphatic Filariasis:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Lymphatic Filariasis:

• 0.0001% (14) of hospital consultant episodes were for filariasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 93% of hospital consultant episodes for filariasis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 79% of hospital consultant episodes for filariasis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 21% of hospital consultant episodes for filariasis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 38% of hospital consultant episodes for filariasis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 10 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for filariasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for filariasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 30 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for filariasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 86% of hospital consultant episodes for filariasis occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 7% of hospital consultant episodes for filariasis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 14% of hospital consultant episodes for filariasis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.0002% (122) of hospital bed days were for filariasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

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