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Diseases » Vitamin B deficiency » Stats

Statistics about Vitamin B deficiency

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Vitamin B deficiency Prevalence: Book Excerpts

Society statistics for Vitamin B deficiency

Hospitalization statistics for Vitamin B deficiency:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Vitamin B deficiency:

0.006% (726) of hospital consultant episodes were for deficiency of B group vitamins in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
85% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of B group vitamins required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
36% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of B group vitamins were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
64% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of B group vitamins were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
24% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of B group vitamins required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
19.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for deficiency of B group vitamins in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
10 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for deficiency of B group vitamins in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
56 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for deficiency of B group vitamins in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
45% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of B group vitamins occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
31% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of B group vitamins occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
58% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of B group vitamins were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.007% (3,825) of hospital bed days were for deficiency of B group vitamins in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

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