Basic Summary for Foot fracture

Main name of condition: Foot fracture

What is Foot fracture?
  Brief description of Foot fracture: Fracture of bones in the foot.
  Parent types of Foot fracture: Foot conditions, Foot injury
  Organs Affected by Foot fracture: foot, bone

How many people get Foot fracture?
Incidence (annual) of Foot fracture: 3,676 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)
Incidence Rate of Foot fracture: approx 1 in 1,240 or 0.08% or 219,262 people in USA [about data]

Society issues for Foot fracture
Hospitalization statistics for Foot fracture: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Foot fracture:

0.052% (6,618) of hospital consultant episodes were for fracture of foot except ankle in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
90% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of foot except ankle required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
67% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of foot except ankle were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
33% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of foot except ankle were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
91% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of foot except ankle required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for fracture of foot except ankle in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for fracture of foot except ankle in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
42 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for fracture of foot except ankle in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
68% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of foot except ankle occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
12% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of foot except ankle occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1% of hospital consultant episodes for fracture of foot except ankle were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.083% (43,274) of hospital bed days were for fracture of foot except ankle in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

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