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Diseases » Ulcerative colitis » Stats

Statistics about Ulcerative colitis

Contents

Ulcerative colitis Prevalence: Book Excerpts

Society statistics for Ulcerative colitis

Hospitalization statistics for Ulcerative colitis:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Ulcerative colitis:

0.19% (23,735) of hospital consultant episodes were for ulcerative colitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
82% of hospital consultant episodes for ulcerative colitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
52% of hospital consultant episodes for ulcerative colitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
48% of hospital consultant episodes for ulcerative colitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
23% of hospital consultant episodes for ulcerative colitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
11.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for ulcerative colitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
8 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for ulcerative colitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
48 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for ulcerative colitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
67% of hospital consultant episodes for ulcerative colitis 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 ulcerative colitis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
52% of hospital consultant episodes for ulcerative colitis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.16% (84,271) of hospital bed days were for ulcerative colitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

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