Statistics about Microcephaly

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Microcephaly:

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Prevalance of Microcephaly: rare

Incidence (annual) of Microcephaly: 1.02 per 10,000 births in the UK 2002 for microcephaly (University of Ulster, 2003)

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 666,666 or 0.00% or 407 people in USA [about data]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Microcephaly: 407 per year, 33 per month, 7 per week, 1 per day, 0 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 1.02 per 10,000 births in the UK 2002 for microcephaly (University of Ulster, 2003)

Incidence statistics about Microcephaly:

The following statistics relate to the incidence of Microcephaly:

• 2 infants were born alive with microcephaly in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
• 0 fetal deaths or still births occurred due to microcephaly in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
• 1 cases of induced abortions occurred following prenatal diagnosis of microcephaly in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
• Microcephaly occurred in 1.02 per 10,000 births in the UK 2002 (University of Ulster, 2003)
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Society statistics for Microcephaly

Hospitalization statistics for Microcephaly:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Microcephaly:

• 0.002% (272) of hospital consultant episodes were for microcephaly in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 97% of hospital consultant episodes for microcephaly required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 54% of hospital consultant episodes for microcephaly were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 46% of hospital consultant episodes for microcephaly were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 16% of hospital consultant episodes for microcephaly required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for microcephaly in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for microcephaly in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 4 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for microcephaly in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 4% of hospital consultant episodes for microcephaly occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for microcephaly occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for microcephaly were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.001% (414) of hospital bed days were for microcephaly in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

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