Statistics about Scarlet fever

Death and mortality statistics for Scarlet fever:

Deaths from Scarlet fever: 5 deaths reported in USA 1999 for scarlet fever and erysipelas (NVSR Sep 2001)

Death rate extrapolations for USA for Scarlet fever: 5 per year, 0 per month, 0 per week, 0 per day, 0 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the deaths statistic: 5 deaths reported in USA 1999 for scarlet fever and erysipelas (NVSR Sep 2001)

Society statistics for Scarlet fever

Hospitalization statistics for Scarlet fever:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Scarlet fever:

• 0.0021% (262) of hospital consultant episodes were for scarlet fever in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 97% of hospital consultant episodes for scarlet fever required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 47% of hospital consultant episodes for scarlet fever were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 53% of hospital consultant episodes for scarlet fever were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 96% of hospital consultant episodes for scarlet fever 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 scarlet fever in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for scarlet fever in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 6 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for scarlet fever in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 6% of hospital consultant episodes for scarlet fever 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 scarlet fever occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 2% of hospital consultant episodes for scarlet fever were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.0006% (329) of hospital bed days were for scarlet fever in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

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