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- 0.38% (48,041) of hospital consultant episodes were for multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 96% of hospital consultant episodes for multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 54% of hospital consultant episodes for multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 45% of hospital consultant episodes for multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 9% of hospital consultant episodes for multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms 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 multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 65 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 32% of hospital consultant episodes for multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 22% of hospital consultant episodes for multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 76% of hospital consultant episodes for multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.18% (91,827) of hospital bed days were for multiple myeloma and malignant plasma cell neoplasms in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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