Basic Summary for Iron deficiency anemia

Main name of condition: Iron deficiency anemia
Other names or spellings: IDA

What is Iron deficiency anemia?
  Brief description of Iron deficiency anemia: Reduced red blood cells from insufficient iron.
  Parent types of Iron deficiency anemia: Anemia, Blood conditions
  Organs Affected by Iron deficiency anemia: blood

How many people get Iron deficiency anemia?
  Incidence (annual) of Iron deficiency anemia: 187,979 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC); 20% women of childbearing age; 2% adult men (NWHIC)
  Incidence Rate of Iron deficiency anemia: approx 1 in 24 or 4.12% or 11.2 million people in USA [about data]
  Prevalance of Iron deficiency anemia: In the United States, 20% of all women of childbearing age have iron-deficiency anemia, compared with only 2% of adult men.¹

How serious is Iron deficiency anemia?
Deaths for Iron deficiency anemia: 118 deaths (NHLBI 1999)
Complications of Iron deficiency anemia: see complications of Iron deficiency anemia

What causes Iron deficiency anemia?
  Cause of Iron deficiency anemia: Usually from menstrual blood loss in women.
  Causes of Iron deficiency anemia: The principal cause of iron-deficiency anemia in premenopausal women is blood lost during menses. ¹
  Causes of Iron deficiency anemia: see causes of Iron deficiency anemia
  Risk factors for Iron deficiency anemia: see risk factors for Iron deficiency anemia

What are the symptoms of Iron deficiency anemia?
Symptoms of Iron deficiency anemia: see symptoms of Iron deficiency anemia

How is it treated?
Treatments for Iron deficiency anemia: see treatments for Iron deficiency anemia
Prevention of Iron deficiency anemia: see prevention of Iron deficiency anemia

Society issues for Iron deficiency anemia
Hospitalizations for Iron deficiency anemia: 47,000 (NHLBI 1999)
Hospitalization statistics for Iron deficiency anemia: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Iron deficiency anemia:

0.27% (34,291) of hospital consultant episodes were for iron deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
79% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
33% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
67% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
32% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
8.1 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for iron deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for iron deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
63 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for iron deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
31% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
42% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
45% of hospital consultant episodes for iron deficiency anaemia were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.18% (96,562) of hospital bed days were for iron deficiency anaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Physician office visits for Iron deficiency anemia: 473,000 (NHLBI 1999)

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Anemia: NWHIC

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