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Diseases » Miscarriage » Stats

Statistics about Miscarriage

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Cause statistics for Miscarriage:

The following are statistics from various sources about the causes of Miscarriage:

50% of spontaneous abortions was due to chromosomal anomalies in Australia (Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Poorly controlled diabetes before conception and during first trimester of pregnancy can cause spontaneous abortions in 15-20% of pregnancies in the US 2001 (National Diabetes Statistics fact sheet, NIDDK, 2003)
more about causes...»

Society statistics for Miscarriage

Hospitalization statistics for Miscarriage:

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

0.34% (43,671) of hospital consultant episodes were for spontaneous abortion in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
98% of hospital consultant episodes for spontaneous abortion required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
100% of hospital consultant episodes for spontaneous abortion were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
77% of hospital consultant episodes for spontaneous abortion required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for spontaneous abortion in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for spontaneous abortion in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
31 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for spontaneous abortion in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
93% of hospital consultant episodes for spontaneous abortion occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2% of hospital consultant episodes for spontaneous abortion occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
10% of hospital consultant episodes for spontaneous abortion were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.065% (33,915) of hospital bed days were for spontaneous abortion in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

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