Statistics about Cardiomyopathy

About statistics: This page presents a variety of statistics about Cardiomyopathy. The term 'prevalence' of Cardiomyopathy usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Cardiomyopathy at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Cardiomyopathy refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Cardiomyopathy 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.

Prevalence and incidence statistics for Cardiomyopathy: (see also prevalence and incidence page for Cardiomyopathy)
  Prevalance of Cardiomyopathy: 50,000 Americans (NHLBI)
  Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 5,439 or 0.02% or 50,000 people in USA [about data]
  Prevalance of Cardiomyopathy: Cardiomyopathy affects about 50,000 Americans.¹

Death and mortality statistics for Cardiomyopathy:
Deaths from Cardiomyopathy: 27,260 deaths (NHLBI 1999)

Society statistics for Cardiomyopathy
Hospitalizations for Cardiomyopathy: 35,000 (NHLBI 1999)
Hospitalization statistics for Cardiomyopathy: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Cardiomyopathy:

0.043% (5,528) of hospital consultant episodes were for cardiomyopathy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
76% of hospital consultant episodes for cardiomyopathy required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
68% of hospital consultant episodes for cardiomyopathy were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
32% of hospital consultant episodes for cardiomyopathy were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
47% of hospital consultant episodes for cardiomyopathy 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 cardiomyopathy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for cardiomyopathy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
49 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for cardiomyopathy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
60% of hospital consultant episodes for cardiomyopathy occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7% of hospital consultant episodes for cardiomyopathy occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
18% of hospital consultant episodes for cardiomyopathy were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.057% (30,015) of hospital bed days were for cardiomyopathy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Physician office visits for Cardiomyopathy: 513,000 (NHLBI 1999) '

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from NHLBI, Cardiomyopathy: NHLBI

Last revision: May 26, 2003

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