Basic Summary for Myelodysplastic syndromes

Main name of condition: Myelodysplastic syndromes
Other names or spellings: MDS, myelodysplasia

What is Myelodysplastic syndromes?
Brief description of Myelodysplastic syndromes: Various bone marrow disorders
Organs Affected by Myelodysplastic syndromes: bone marrow

How many people get Myelodysplastic syndromes?
  Incidence (annual) of Myelodysplastic syndromes: 14,000 people are diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome each year in the US (American Cancer Society, Medical News Today)
  Incidence Rate of Myelodysplastic syndromes: approx 1 in 19,428 or 0.01% or 14,000 people in USA [about data]
  Worldwide incidence of Myelodysplastic syndromes:87,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (American Cancer Society, Medical News Today)

What causes Myelodysplastic syndromes?
Causes of Myelodysplastic syndromes: see causes of Myelodysplastic syndromes

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

0.25% (31,970) of hospital consultant episodes were for myelodysplastic syndromes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
96% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
57% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
43% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
10% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
6.1 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for myelodysplastic syndromes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for myelodysplastic syndromes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
74 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for myelodysplastic syndromes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
10% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
57% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
76% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.074% (38,890) of hospital bed days were for myelodysplastic syndromes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

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