Statistics about Esophageal varices
Society statistics for Esophageal varices
Hospitalization statistics for Esophageal varices:
The following are statistics from various sources
about hospitalizations and Esophageal varices:
- 0.065% (8,349) of hospital consultant episodes were for oesophageal varices in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 67% of hospital consultant episodes for oesophageal varices required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 64% of hospital consultant episodes for oesophageal varices were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 36% of hospital consultant episodes for oesophageal varices were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 26% of hospital consultant episodes for oesophageal varices 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 oesophageal varices in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for oesophageal varices in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 55 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for oesophageal varices in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 57% of hospital consultant episodes for oesophageal varices 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 oesophageal varices occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 44% of hospital consultant episodes for oesophageal varices were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.04% (21,170) of hospital bed days were for oesophageal varices in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
About statistics:
This page presents a variety of statistics about Esophageal varices.
The term 'prevalence' of Esophageal varices usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Esophageal varices at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Esophageal varices refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Esophageal varices 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.
