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Statistics about Viral meningitis

Contents
  1. Viral meningitis: Introduction
  2. Symptoms
  3. Complications
  4. Misdiagnosis
  5. Causes
  6. Hospital Statistics
  7. Death and Mortality
  8. Medical statistics for Viral meningitis
  9. Prevalence and incidence statistics
  10. Society statistics for Viral meningitis
  11. About Viral meningitis statistics

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Viral meningitis:

See also prevalence and incidence page for Viral meningitis

Incidence (annual) of Viral meningitis: 8,932 new cases in America 1995 (Meningitis Foundation of America, CDC, 1994)

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 30,452 or 0.00% or 8,932 people in USA [about data]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Viral meningitis: 8,932 per year, 744 per month, 171 per week, 24 per day, 1 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 8,932 new cases in America 1995 (Meningitis Foundation of America, CDC, 1994)

Viral meningitis Prevalence: Book Excerpts

Society statistics for Viral meningitis

Hospitalization statistics for Viral meningitis:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Viral meningitis:

  • 0.02% (3,040) of hospital episodes were for viral infections of the central nervous system in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 78% of hospital consultations for viral infections of the central nervous system required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 47% of hospital episodes for viral infections of the central nervous system were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 53% of hospital episodes for viral infections of the central nervous system were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 89% of hospital admissions for viral infections of the central nervous system required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 7.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for viral infections of the central nervous system in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for viral infections of the central nervous system in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 30 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for viral infections of the central nervous system in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 77% of hospitalisations for viral infections of the central nervous system occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 2% of hospitalisations for viral infections of the central nervous system occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 1% of hospitalisations for viral infections of the central nervous system were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 0.033% (17,232) of hospital bed days were for viral infections of the central nervous system in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 0.018% (2,274) of hospital consultant episodes were for viral meningitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 78% of hospital consultant episodes for viral meningitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 45% of hospital consultant episodes for viral meningitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 55% of hospital consultant episodes for viral meningitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 97% of hospital consultant episodes for viral meningitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 4.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for viral meningitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for viral meningitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 29 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for viral meningitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 85% of hospital consultant episodes for viral meningitis occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 1% of hospital consultant episodes for viral meningitis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 1% of hospital consultant episodes for viral meningitis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 0.015% (7,653) of hospital bed days were for viral meningitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

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