Basic Summary for Chromosome conditions

Main name of condition: Chromosome conditions
Other names or spellings: chromosomal abnormalities, chromosomal conditions, chromosomal disease, chromosome abnormalities, chromosome disorders, chromosome disease

What is Chromosome conditions?
  Brief description of Chromosome conditions: Various genetic conditions where a chromosome is partially or totally misplaced.
  Parent types of Chromosome conditions: All Disease Categories
  Organs Affected by Chromosome conditions: chromosomes, genes, dna
  Types of Chromosome conditions: Trisomy conditions, Down Syndrome, Edwards Syndrome, Patau syndrome, Trisomy 22, Cri-du-chat syndrome, Chromosome deletion syndromes, Autosomal chromosome conditions, Sex chromosome conditions, Imprinted chromosome conditions, Angelman syndrome, DiGeorge's syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Velocardiofacial syndrome

What causes Chromosome conditions?
Class of Condition for Chromosome conditions: genetic chromosomal

Can anyone else get Chromosome conditions?
  Contagion of Chromosome conditions: All types of genetic diseases occur at birth including chromosome diseases. You cannot catch the disease from someone else who has the disease. You are either born with the error in your chromosomes or not.
  More information: see contagiousness of Chromosome conditions
  Inheritance of genetic conditions: see details in inheritance of genetic diseases.

Society issues for Chromosome conditions
Hospitalization statistics for Chromosome conditions: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Chromosome conditions:

0.01% (1,712) of hospital episodes were for chromosomal abnormalities in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
92% of hospital consultations for chromosomal abnormalities required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
59% of hospital episodes for chromosomal abnormalities were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
41% of hospital episodes for chromosomal abnormalities were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
16% of hospital admissions for chromosomal abnormalities required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
12.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for chromosomal abnormalities in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for chromosomal abnormalities in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
13 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for chromosomal abnormalities in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
28% of hospitalisations for chromosomal abnormalities occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
18% of hospitalisations for chromosomal abnormalities were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.02% (11,159) of hospital bed days were for chromosomal abnormalities in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

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