Statistics about Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Rare Disease Status
Vitamin B12 Deficiency is listed as a "rare disease" by the
Office of Rare Diseases (ORD)...more »
Society statistics for Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Hospitalization statistics for Vitamin B12 Deficiency:
The following are statistics from various sources
about hospitalizations and Vitamin B12 Deficiency:
- 0.011% (1,391) of hospital consultant episodes were for vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 75% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 34% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 66% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 42% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 13.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 7 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 66 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 27% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 48% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 37% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.014% (7,234) of hospital bed days were for vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
About statistics:
This page presents a variety of statistics about Vitamin B12 Deficiency.
The term 'prevalence' of Vitamin B12 Deficiency usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Vitamin B12 Deficiency at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Vitamin B12 Deficiency refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Vitamin B12 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.
