What is Vitamin C deficiency?

What is Vitamin C deficiency?

• Vitamin C deficiency: Indequate vitamin C in the diet.
• Vitamin C deficiency: condition due to a deficiency of vitamin C.
  Source - Diseases Database

Name and Aliases of Vitamin C deficiency

Main name of condition: Vitamin C deficiency

ascorbic acid deficiency

Ascorbic acid deficiency, Barlow's disease, Scurvy Source - Diseases Database

Types of Vitamin C deficiency:

Parent types of Vitamin C deficiency: Vitamin deficiency

How serious is Vitamin C deficiency?

Complications of Vitamin C deficiency: see complications of Vitamin C deficiency

What causes Vitamin C deficiency?

Class of Condition for Vitamin C deficiency: deficiency vitamin
Causes of Vitamin C deficiency: see causes of Vitamin C deficiency
Risk factors for Vitamin C deficiency: see risk factors for Vitamin C deficiency

How is it treated?

Treatments for Vitamin C deficiency: see treatments for Vitamin C deficiency
Prevention of Vitamin C deficiency: see prevention of Vitamin C deficiency
Research for Vitamin C deficiency: see research for Vitamin C deficiency

Society issues for Vitamin C deficiency

Hospitalization statistics for Vitamin C deficiency: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Vitamin C deficiency:

• 0.0001% (8) of hospital consultant episodes were for ascorbic acid deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 88% of hospital consultant episodes for ascorbic acid deficiency required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 75% of hospital consultant episodes for ascorbic acid deficiency were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 25% of hospital consultant episodes for ascorbic acid deficiency were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 100% of hospital consultant episodes for ascorbic acid deficiency required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 10.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for ascorbic acid deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 11 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for ascorbic acid deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 68 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for ascorbic acid deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 13% of hospital consultant episodes for ascorbic acid deficiency occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for ascorbic acid deficiency occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0% of hospital consultant episodes for ascorbic acid deficiency were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.0002% (83) of hospital bed days were for ascorbic acid deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)