Basic Summary for Marasmus

Main name of condition: Marasmus
Other names or spellings: Starvation

What is Marasmus?
  Brief description of Marasmus: Marasmus is the medical name for starvation.
  Parent types of Marasmus: Nutritional deficiency
  Organs Affected by Marasmus: body

What causes Marasmus?
Class of Condition for Marasmus: deficiency
Causes of Marasmus: see causes of Marasmus

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

0.0002% (22) of hospital consultant episodes were for nutritional marasmus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
77% of hospital consultant episodes for nutritional marasmus required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
41% of hospital consultant episodes for nutritional marasmus were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
59% of hospital consultant episodes for nutritional marasmus were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
88% of hospital consultant episodes for nutritional marasmus required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
21.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for nutritional marasmus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
13 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for nutritional marasmus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
73 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for nutritional marasmus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
18% of hospital consultant episodes for nutritional marasmus occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
41% of hospital consultant episodes for nutritional marasmus occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for nutritional marasmus were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.0006% (332) of hospital bed days were for nutritional marasmus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

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