Basic Summary for Gestational diabetes

Main name of condition: Gestational diabetes
Other names or spellings: Pregnancy Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, GDM

What is Gestational diabetes?
  Brief description of Gestational diabetes: Diabetes that occurs in pregnant women, usually resolving after birth.
  Parent types of Gestational diabetes: Diabetes, Pregnancy-related conditions, Pancreas conditions
  Organs Affected by Gestational diabetes: pancreas

How many people get Gestational diabetes?
Incidence (annual) of Gestational diabetes: 135,000 pregnant women get the condition every year; 3-5% of pregnant women.
Incidence Rate of Gestational diabetes: approx 1 in 2,014 or 0.05% or 135,000 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Gestational diabetes?
Prognosis of Gestational diabetes: Good. Usually cures after birth. Need to control sugars during pregnancy for baby's health.
Complications of Gestational diabetes: see complications of Gestational diabetes

What causes Gestational diabetes?
  Cause of Gestational diabetes: Unclear. Probably pregnancy-related weight gain and/or hormonal changes affecting sugar metabolism.
  Causes of Gestational diabetes: see causes of Gestational diabetes
  Risk factors for Gestational diabetes: see risk factors for Gestational diabetes

What are the symptoms of Gestational diabetes?
Symptoms of Gestational diabetes: see symptoms of Gestational diabetes

How is it treated?
Treatments for Gestational diabetes: see treatments for Gestational diabetes

Society issues for Gestational diabetes
Hospitalization statistics for Gestational diabetes: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Gestational diabetes:

0.052% (6,664) of hospital consultant episodes were for diabetes mellitus in pregnancy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
99% of hospital consultant episodes for diabetes mellitus in pregnancy required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
100% of hospital consultant episodes for diabetes mellitus in pregnancy were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2% of hospital consultant episodes for diabetes mellitus in pregnancy required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for diabetes mellitus in pregnancy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for diabetes mellitus in pregnancy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
31 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for diabetes mellitus in pregnancy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
100% of hospital consultant episodes for diabetes mellitus in pregnancy occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for diabetes mellitus in pregnancy occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
9% of hospital consultant episodes for diabetes mellitus in pregnancy were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.029% (15,295) of hospital bed days were for diabetes mellitus in pregnancy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

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