Statistics about Hypothermia

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

Death and mortality statistics for Hypothermia:
Deaths from Hypothermia: 0.3 per 100,000 for "excessive cold" in Canada 1997 (86 cases)¹

Society statistics for Hypothermia
Hospitalization statistics for Hypothermia: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Hypothermia:

0.00% (892) of hospital consultant episodes were for hypothermia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
74% of hospital consultant episodes for hypothermia required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
42% of hospital consultant episodes for hypothermia were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
58% of hospital consultant episodes for hypothermia were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
96% of hospital consultant episodes for hypothermia required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
15 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for hypothermia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
6 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for hypothermia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
70 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for hypothermia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
22% of hospital consultant episodes for hypothermia occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
63% of hospital consultant episodes for hypothermia occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for hypothermia were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.017% (8,946) of hospital bed days were for hypothermia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.009% (1,101) of hospital consultant episodes were for hypothermia of newborn in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
77% of hospital consultant episodes for hypothermia of newborn required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
47% of hospital consultant episodes for hypothermia of newborn were for males in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
53% of hospital consultant episodes for hypothermia of newborn were for females in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7% of hospital consultant episodes for hypothermia of newborn required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for hypothermia of newborn in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for hypothermia of newborn in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for hypothermia of newborn in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for hypothermia of newborn 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 hypothermia of newborn occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for hypothermia of newborn were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.005% (2,814) of hospital bed days were for hypothermia of newborn in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

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Footnotes:
1. Canadian Injury Data, Statistics Canada, 1996-1997

Last revision: Oct 28, 2003

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