Statistics about Scoliosis
Prevalence and incidence statistics for Scoliosis:
See also prevalence and incidence page for Scoliosis
Prevalance of Scoliosis:
3-per-1,000 to 5-per-1000 children (NIAMS)
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 333 or 0.30% or 816,000 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Scoliosis:
Of every 1,000 children, 3 to 5
develop spinal curves that are considered large enough to need
treatment.
(Source: excerpt from Questions and Answers about Scoliosis in Children and Adolescents: NIAMS)
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Hospitalization statistics for Scoliosis:
The following are statistics from various sources
about hospitalizations and Scoliosis:
- 0.02% (2,559) of hospital consultant episodes were for scoliosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 89% of hospital consultant episodes for scoliosis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 32% of hospital consultant episodes for scoliosis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 68% of hospital consultant episodes for scoliosis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 11% of hospital consultant episodes for scoliosis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 9.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for scoliosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 8 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for scoliosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 30 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for scoliosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 42% of hospital consultant episodes for scoliosis occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 10% of hospital consultant episodes for scoliosis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 20% of hospital consultant episodes for scoliosis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.03% (15,581) of hospital bed days were for scoliosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
About statistics:
This page presents a variety of statistics about Scoliosis.
The term 'prevalence' of Scoliosis usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Scoliosis at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Scoliosis refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Scoliosis 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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