Statistics about Osteomyelitis

Society statistics for Osteomyelitis

Hospitalization statistics for Osteomyelitis:

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

• 0.033% (4,224) of hospital consultant episodes were for osteomyelitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 80% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 64% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 36% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 54% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 16.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for osteomyelitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 8 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for osteomyelitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 45 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for osteomyelitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 48% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 14% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 8% of hospital consultant episodes for osteomyelitis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.084% (44,250) of hospital bed days were for osteomyelitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

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