Statistics about Preeclampsia
Prevalence and incidence statistics for Preeclampsia:
See also prevalence and incidence page for Preeclampsia
Incidence (annual) of Preeclampsia: 146,320 cases (1998/NHLBI); about 5% of pregnancies.
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 1,858 or 0.05% or 146,320 people in USA [about data]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Preeclampsia:
146,320 per year,
12,193 per month,
2,813 per week,
400 per day,
16 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 146,320 cases (1998/NHLBI); about 5% of pregnancies.
Prevalance of Preeclampsia:
Preeclampsia is the most common hypertensive disorder during pregnancy,
affecting an estimated 5-8% of pregnant women annually in the United States, and
has the greatest effect on maternal and infant outcome. (Source: excerpt from REPORT of the WORKING GROUP on RESEARCH on HYPERTENSION DURING PREGNANCY: NHLBI)
Incidence of Preeclampsia:
High blood pressure problems
occur in 6 percent to 8 percent of all pregnancies in the U.S., about 70 percent
of which are first-time pregnancies. In 1998, more than 146,320 cases of
preeclampsia alone were diagnosed. (Source: excerpt from High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy: NHLBI)
Society statistics for Preeclampsia
Hospitalization statistics for Preeclampsia:
The following are statistics from various sources
about hospitalizations and Preeclampsia:
- 0.013% (1,682 ) of hospital consultant episodes were for pre-existing hypertension complications complicating pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 98% of hospital consultant episodes for pre-existing hypertension complications complicating pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for pre-existing hypertension complications complicating pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3% of hospital consultant episodes for pre-existing hypertension complications complicating pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for pre-existing hypertension complications complicating pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for pre-existing hypertension complications complicating pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 32 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for pre-existing hypertension complications complicating pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for pre-existing hypertension complications complicating pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium 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 pre-existing hypertension complications complicating pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3% of hospital consultant episodes for pre-existing hypertension complications complicating pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.007% (3,455) of hospital bed days were for pre-existing hypertension complications complicating pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.002% (242) of hospital consultant episodes were for pre-existing hypertension disorder with superimposed proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 98% of hospital consultant episodes for pre-existing hypertension disorder with superimposed proteinuria required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for pre-existing hypertension disorder with superimposed proteinuria were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2% of hospital consultant episodes for pre-existing hypertension disorder with superimposed proteinuria required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 5.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for pre-existing hypertension disorder with superimposed proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for pre-existing hypertension disorder with superimposed proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 31 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for pre-existing hypertension disorder with superimposed proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for pre-existing hypertension disorder with superimposed proteinuria 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 pre-existing hypertension disorder with superimposed proteinuria occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1% of hospital consultant episodes for pre-existing hypertension disorder with superimposed proteinuria were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.002% (1,247) of hospital bed days were for pre-existing hypertension disorder with superimposed proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.13% (16,383) of hospital consultant episodes were for gestational hypertension without significant proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 98% of hospital consultant episodes for gestational hypertension without significant proteinuria required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for gestational hypertension without significant proteinuria were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2% of hospital consultant episodes for gestational hypertension without significant proteinuria required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2.1 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for gestational hypertension without significant proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for gestational hypertension without significant proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 29 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for gestational hypertension without significant proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for gestational hypertension without significant proteinuria 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 gestational hypertension without significant proteinuria occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1% of hospital consultant episodes for gestational hypertension without significant proteinuria were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.06% (32,479) of hospital bed days were for gestational hypertension without significant proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.094% (11,949) of hospital consultant episodes were for gestational hypertension with significant proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 96% of hospital consultant episodes for gestational hypertension with significant proteinuria required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for gestational hypertension with significant proteinuria were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2% of hospital consultant episodes for gestational hypertension with significant proteinuria required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for gestational hypertension with significant proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for gestational hypertension with significant proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 29 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for gestational hypertension with significant proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for gestational hypertension with significant proteinuria 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 gestational hypertension with significant proteinuria occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3% of hospital consultant episodes for gestational hypertension with significant proteinuria were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.105% (54,808) of hospital bed days were for gestational hypertension with significant proteinuria in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.002% (266) of hospital consultant episodes were for eclampsia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 87% of hospital consultant episodes for eclampsia required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for eclampsia were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6% of hospital consultant episodes for eclampsia required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 5.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for eclampsia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 5 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for eclampsia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 28 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for eclampsia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for eclampsia 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 eclampsia occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0% of hospital consultant episodes for eclampsia were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.003% (1,398) of hospital bed days were for eclampsia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.206% (26,227) of hospital consultant episodes were for unspecified maternal hypertension in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 99% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified maternal hypertension required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified maternal hypertension were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified maternal hypertension required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for unspecified maternal hypertension in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for unspecified maternal hypertension in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 30 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for unspecified maternal hypertension in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 10% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified maternal hypertension 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 unspecified maternal hypertension occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 8% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified maternal hypertension were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.06% (30,391) of hospital bed days were for unspecified maternal hypertension in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
About statistics:
This page presents a variety of statistics about Preeclampsia.
The term 'prevalence' of Preeclampsia usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Preeclampsia at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Preeclampsia refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Preeclampsia 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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