Statistics about Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome:

see also prevalence and incidence page for Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Prevalance of Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome: 40,000 infants and 150,000 adults with adult RDS (NHLBI)

Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 6,800 or 0.01% or 40,000 people in USA [about data]

Deaths from Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome: 1,024 deaths (NHLBI 1999)

Death rate extrapolations for USA for Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome: 1,024 per year, 85 per month, 19 per week, 2 per day, 0 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second.

Death statistics for Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome:

The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome:

• respiratory distress syndrome of newborn caused 4.0% of deaths less than 1 year old in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001]
• respiratory distress syndrome of newborn caused 5.6% of deaths for neonates in USA 1999 [NVSR 2001] [CDC NVSR 2001]

Society statistics for Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome

  Hospitalizations for Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome: 17,000 (NHLBI 1999)

Hospitalization statistics for Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome:

• 0.058% (7,444) of hospital consultant episodes were for respiratory distress of newborn in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 67% of hospital consultant episodes for respiratory distress of newborn required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 64% of hospital consultant episodes for respiratory distress of newborn were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 36% of hospital consultant episodes for respiratory distress of newborn were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 7% of hospital consultant episodes for respiratory distress of newborn required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 8.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for respiratory distress of newborn in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 5 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for respiratory distress of newborn in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for respiratory distress of newborn in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for respiratory distress of newborn 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 respiratory distress of newborn occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for respiratory distress of newborn were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.084% (44,055) of hospital bed days were for respiratory distress of newborn in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

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