Statistics about Arm fracture
Prevalence and incidence statistics for Arm fracture:
See also prevalence and incidence page for Arm fracture
Incidence (annual) of Arm fracture: 17,819 annual cases in Victoria 1996 of radius/ulna (DHS-VIC)
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 255 or 0.39% or 1.1 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Arm fracture:
1,062,851 per year,
88,570 per month,
20,439 per week,
2,911 per day,
121 per hour,
2 per minute,
0 per second.
Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 17,819 annual cases in Victoria 1996 of radius/ulna (DHS-VIC)
Society statistics for Arm fracture
Hospitalization statistics for Arm fracture:
The following are statistics from various sources
about hospitalizations and Arm fracture:
- 0.44% (56,353) of hospital consultant episodes were for fracture of forearm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 94% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of forearm required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of forearm were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of forearm were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 91% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of forearm required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for fracture of forearm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for fracture of forearm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 35 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for fracture of forearm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 31% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of forearm occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 16% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of forearm occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of forearm were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.364% (191,023) of hospital bed days were for fracture of forearm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.186% (23,721) of hospital consultant episodes were for fracture of shoulder and upper arm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 85% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 44% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 56% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 88% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 9.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for fracture of shoulder and upper arm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for fracture of shoulder and upper arm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 47 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for fracture of shoulder and upper arm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 27% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 34% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of shoulder and upper arm were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.359% (188,000) of hospital bed days were for fracture of shoulder and upper arm in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
- Hospitalisations for fracture of forearm at public hospitals occurred in 10 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 2.4 days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for fracture of forearm in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
About statistics:
This page presents a variety of statistics about Arm fracture.
The term 'prevalence' of Arm fracture usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Arm fracture at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Arm fracture refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Arm fracture 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.
