Basic Summary for Bacterial diseases

Main name of condition: Bacterial diseases
Other names or spellings: Bacteria, Bacterium

What is Bacterial diseases?
  Brief description of Bacterial diseases: Any condition caused by bacteria.
  Parent types of Bacterial diseases: Bacterial diseases, Microbes, Non-genetic diseases
  Types of Bacterial diseases: Lyme disease, Granuloma inguinale, Bacterial vaginosis, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Congenital syphilis, Mycobacterium avium Complex, Bacterial diseases, Melioidosis, Anthrax, Leptospirosis, Whooping Cough, Leprosy, Tetanus, Plague, Bubonic plague, Pneumonic plague, Scarlet fever, Streptococcal Infections, Invasive group A Streptococcal disease, Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome, Meningococcal disease, Bacteremia, Strep throat, Cholera, Dysentery, Amebic dysentery, Shigellosis, Diphtheria, Cutaneous diphtheria, Respiratory diphtheria, Legionnaires' disease, Tuberculosis, Latent tuberculosis, Hemophilus influenzae B, Typhoid fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus, Vibrio, Yersiniosis, Whipple's Disease, Bacterial digestive infections, Acute Appendicitis, Meningitis, Bacterial meningitis, Encephalitis, Impetigo, Cellulitis, Carbuncle, Boil, Acne, Sepsis, Septicemia, Pneumonia, Ptomaine food poisoning, Salmonella food poisoning, Salmonella enteritidis, Staphylococcal infection, Staphylococcus aureus food poisoning, Botulism food poisoning, Infant botulism food poisoning, E-coli food poisoning, Rheumatic fever, Brucellosis, Ehrlichiosis, Psittacosis, Acanthamoeba, Granulomatous amebic encephalitis, Relapsing fever, Naegleria, Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, Listeriosis, Scombrotoxic fish poisoning, Trachoma, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycobacterial infections, Q fever, STARI, Yaws, Actinymycosis, Lymphogranuloma venereum

What causes Bacterial diseases?
  Class of Condition for Bacterial diseases: bacterial
  Causes of Bacterial diseases: see causes of Bacterial diseases
  Risk factors for Bacterial diseases: see risk factors for Bacterial diseases

How is it treated?
Treatments for Bacterial diseases: see treatments for Bacterial diseases

Society issues for Bacterial diseases
Hospitalization statistics for Bacterial diseases: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Bacterial diseases:

0.21% (26,806) of hospital episodes were for bacterial disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
49% of hospital episodes for bacterial disease were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
51% of hospital episodes for bacterial disease were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
89% of hospital admissions were emergency hospital admission for bacterial disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
15.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for bacterial disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for bacterial disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
54 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for bacterial disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
22% of hospitalisations for bacterial disease occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
42% of hospitalisations for bacterial disease occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1% of hospitalisations for bacterial disease were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.49% (259,198) of hospital bed days were for bacterial disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
- 0.32% (12,688) of hospital episodes were for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 10% of hospitalisations for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases were single day episodes in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 85% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 15% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Hospitalisations for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases at public hospitals occurred in 6.5 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 8.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 9.4excluding same day episodes, days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.09% (2,261) of private hospital episodes were for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 6.3% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 6.5% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 93% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Hospitalisations in private hospitals for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases at private hospitas occurred in 1.2 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 10 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Excluding same day episodes, 10.6 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for zoonotic and other bacterial diseases in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)

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