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Diseases » Shoulder Fracture » Stats

Statistics about Shoulder Fracture

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Prevalence and incidence statistics for Shoulder Fracture:

See also prevalence and incidence page for Shoulder Fracture

Incidence (annual) of Shoulder Fracture: 5,258 annual cases in Victoria 1996 of clavicle/scapula/humerus (DHS-VIC)

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 867 or 0.12% or 313,624 people in USA [about data]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Shoulder Fracture: 313,624 per year, 26,135 per month, 6,031 per week, 859 per day, 35 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 5,258 annual cases in Victoria 1996 of clavicle/scapula/humerus (DHS-VIC)

Society statistics for Shoulder Fracture

Hospitalization statistics for Shoulder Fracture:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Shoulder Fracture:

0.186% (23,721) of hospital consultant episodes were for fracture of shoulder and upper arm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
85% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
44% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
56% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
88% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
9.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for fracture of shoulder and upper arm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for fracture of shoulder and upper arm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
47 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for fracture of shoulder and upper arm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
27% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
34% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.359% (188,000) of hospital bed days were for fracture of shoulder and upper arm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

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