Statistics about Stress

Society statistics for Stress

Hospitalization statistics for Stress:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Stress:

• Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders resulted in 49,415 hospitalisations in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW Hospital Morbidity Database 2001-02, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders accounted for 210,115 patient days inhospitals in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW Hospital Morbidity Database 2001-02, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
• 0.05% (6,290) of hospital consultant episodes were for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 95% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 80% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 18.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 9 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 38 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 90% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.19% (100,041) of hospital bed days were for reaction to severe stress and adjustment disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• Hospitalization statistics in Australia in psychiatric hospitals:
  • 2,169 hospital episodes in public psychiatric hospitals were for neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 19.6% of hospitalisations in public psychiatric hospitals for neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 99% of hospitalisations in public psychiatric hospitals for neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • Hospitalisations for neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders at public psychiatric hospitals occurred in 1.1 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • 6.3 days was the mean length of stay for neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders in public psychiatric hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
  • Excluding same day episodes, 7.6 days was the mean length of stay in public psychiatric hospitals for neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)

About statistics:

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