Statistics about Gum cancer

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

• 0.0026% (325) of hospital consultant episodes were for malignant neoplasm of gum in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 86% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of gum required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of gum were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of gum were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 18% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of gum required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 12.1 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of gum in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 5 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for malignant neoplasm of gum in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 67 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for malignant neoplasm of gum in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 29% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of gum occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 40% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of gum occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 10% of hospital consultant episodes for malignant neoplasm of gum were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 0.006% (2,872) of hospital bed days were for malignant neoplasm of gum in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)