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Statistics about Placenta previa
Prevalence and incidence statistics for Placenta previa:
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Incidence (annual) of Placenta previa: 1 in 200 pregnancies (FMC)
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 13,600 or 0.01% or 20,000 people in USA [about data]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Placenta previa: 20,000 per year, 1,666 per month, 384 per week, 54 per day, 2 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 1 in 200 pregnancies (FMC)
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Hospitalization statistics for Placenta previa:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Placenta previa:
- 0.035% (4,489) of hospital consultant episodes were for placental praevia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 98% of hospital consultant episodes for placental praevia required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for placental praevia were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3% of hospital consultant episodes for placental praevia required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 7.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for placental praevia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for placental praevia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 31 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for placental praevia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for placental praevia 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 placental praevia occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0% of hospital consultant episodes for placental praevia were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.063% (32,930) of hospital bed days were for placental praevia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
About statistics:
This page presents a variety of statistics about Placenta previa. The term 'prevalence' of Placenta previa usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Placenta previa at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Placenta previa refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Placenta previa 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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