Basic Summary for Mumps

Main name of condition: Mumps
Other names or spellings: epidemic parotiditis

What is Mumps?
  Brief description of Mumps: Once common viral infection now rare due to vaccination.
  Parent types of Mumps: Viral diseases, Vaccine-preventable diseases
  Organs Affected by Mumps: parotid glands

How many people get Mumps?
Incidence (annual) of Mumps: 387 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999); rare due to MMR vaccination
Incidence Rate of Mumps: approx 1 in 702,842 or 0.00% or 387 people in USA [about data]

Who gets Mumps?
Patient Profile for Mumps: Typically age 5-15 but older possible

How serious is Mumps?
Complications of Mumps: see complications of Mumps

What causes Mumps?
Class of Condition for Mumps: viral
Risk factors for Mumps: see risk factors for Mumps

What are the symptoms of Mumps?
  Incubation period for Mumps: 2-3 weeks
  Duration of Mumps: Usually less than a week; fever down in 2-3 days with some further recovery time.
  Symptoms of Mumps: see symptoms of Mumps

Can anyone else get Mumps?
Contagion of Mumps: Highly contagious
More information: see contagiousness of Mumps

How is it treated?
Treatments for Mumps: see treatments for Mumps
Prevention of Mumps: see prevention of Mumps

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

0.0008% (102) of hospital consultant episodes were for mumps in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
94% of hospital consultant episodes for mumps required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
62% of hospital consultant episodes for mumps were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
38% of hospital consultant episodes for mumps were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
95% of hospital consultant episodes for mumps required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4.7 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for mumps in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for mumps in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
19 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for mumps in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
55% of hospital consultant episodes for mumps occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4% of hospital consultant episodes for mumps occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for mumps were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.0007% (375) of hospital bed days were for mumps in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Last revision: June 2, 2003

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