Basic Summary for Chronic Sinusitis

Main name of condition: Chronic Sinusitis

What is Chronic Sinusitis?
  Brief description of Chronic Sinusitis: Chronic form of sinusitis, inflammation of the sinus cavities.
  Parent types of Chronic Sinusitis: Sinusitis
  Organs Affected by Chronic Sinusitis: sinus

How many people get Chronic Sinusitis?
  Prevalance of Chronic Sinusitis: 12.6% (NIAID); 152 per 1000 - NHIS95
  Prevalance Rate of Chronic Sinusitis: approx 1 in 7 or 12.60% or 34.3 million people in USA [about data]
  Incidence (annual) of Chronic Sinusitis: 34.9 million cases per year in the USA 1994 (US Government Statistics)
  Incidence Rate of Chronic Sinusitis: approx 1 in 7 or 12.83% or 34.9 million people in USA [about data]
  Prevalance of Chronic Sinusitis: Chronic sinusitis is the most commonly reported chronic disease, affecting 12.6 percent of people (approximately 38 million) in the United States in 1996.¹

Who gets Chronic Sinusitis?
Gender Profile for Chronic Sinusitis: More common in women in the USA 1994 (US Government Statistics, chronic sinusitis)

What causes Chronic Sinusitis?
Causes of Chronic Sinusitis: see causes of Chronic Sinusitis

What are the symptoms of Chronic Sinusitis?
Symptoms of Chronic Sinusitis: see symptoms of Chronic Sinusitis

How is it treated?
Treatments for Chronic Sinusitis: see treatments for Chronic Sinusitis

Society issues for Chronic Sinusitis
  Costs of Chronic Sinusitis: more than $5.8 billion in US health care expenditure (NIAID)
  Costs of Chronic Sinusitis: In 1996, estimated U.S. health care expenditures attributable to sinusitis were more than $5.8 billion.¹
  Hospitalization statistics for Chronic Sinusitis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Chronic Sinusitis:

0.045% (5,691) of hospital consultant episodes were for chronic sinusitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
97% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic sinusitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
47% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic sinusitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
53% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic sinusitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
13% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic sinusitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for chronic sinusitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for chronic sinusitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
45 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for chronic sinusitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
75% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic sinusitis occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic sinusitis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
22% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic sinusitis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.014% (7,300) of hospital bed days were for chronic sinusitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Physician office visits for Chronic Sinusitis: 11.9 million per year in the USA 1995 (US Government Statistics)

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Allergy Statistics: NIAID

Last revision: June 16, 2003

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