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- 0.027% (3,457) of hospital consultant episodes were for zoster (herpes zoster) in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 79% of hospital consultant episodes for zoster (herpes zoster) required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 41% of hospital consultant episodes for zoster (herpes zoster) were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 59% of hospital consultant episodes for zoster (herpes zoster) were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 76% of hospital consultant episodes for zoster (herpes zoster) required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 11.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for zoster (herpes zoster) in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for zoster (herpes zoster) in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 65 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for zoster (herpes zoster) in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 18% of hospital consultant episodes for zoster (herpes zoster) occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 48% of hospital consultant episodes for zoster (herpes zoster) occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 12% of hospital consultant episodes for zoster (herpes zoster) were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.05% (26,186) of hospital bed days were for zoster (herpes zoster) in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.00001% (1) of hospital consultant episodes were for postzoster neuralgia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for postzoster neuralgia required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for postzoster neuralgia were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0% of hospital consultant episodes for postzoster neuralgia were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0% of hospital consultant episodes for postzoster neuralgia required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for postzoster neuralgia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for postzoster neuralgia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 82 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for postzoster neuralgia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital consultant episodes for postzoster neuralgia occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital consultant episodes for postzoster neuralgia occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for postzoster neuralgia were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0% (0) of hospital bed days were for postzoster neuralgia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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