Basic Summary for Nutritional deficiency

Main name of condition: Nutritional deficiency
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What is Nutritional deficiency?
Brief description of Nutritional deficiency: Any of various dietary insufficiencies.
Types of Nutritional deficiency: Marasmus, Kwashiorkor, Vitamin deficiency, Mineral deficiency, Protein deficiency, Malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus

How serious is Nutritional deficiency?
Deaths for Nutritional deficiency: 4,289 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)

What causes Nutritional deficiency?
Causes of Nutritional deficiency: see causes of Nutritional deficiency

Society issues for Nutritional deficiency

Cost statistics for Nutritional deficiency: The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Nutritional deficiency:

Estimated $87,542,000 spent in public hospitals on endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disorders in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
Estimated $188,461,000 spent in public hospitals on endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disorders in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)

Hospitalization statistics for Nutritional deficiency: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Nutritional deficiency:

105,364 admissions to private hospitals because of endocrine, nutritional, metabolic in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
34% of hospitalisations for endocrine, nutritional, metabolic disorders in public hospitals are single day in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
366,389 patient days spent in public hospitals for endocrine, nutritional, metabolic disorders in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
618,249 patient days spent in private hospitals for endocrine, nutritional, metabolic in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
67,743 admissions to public hospitals because of endocrine, nutritional, metabolic disorders in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
70.5% of hospitalisations for endocrine, nutritional, metabolic in private hospitals are single day in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
0.63% (80,672) of hospital episodes were for endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
86% of hospital consultations for endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
53% of hospital episodes for endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
42% of hospital admissions for endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
9.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
48 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
42% of hospitalisations for endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
23% of hospitalisations for endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
35% of hospitalisations for endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.7% (368,859) of hospital bed days were for endocrine nutritional and metabolic diseases in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.0046% (592) of hospital consultant episodes were for deficiency of nutrient elements in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
97% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of nutrient elements required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
28% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of nutrient elements were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
72% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of nutrient elements were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
9% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of nutrient elements required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for deficiency of nutrient elements in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for deficiency of nutrient elements in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
53 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for deficiency of nutrient elements in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
56% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of nutrient elements occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
18% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of nutrient elements occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
73% of hospital consultant episodes for deficiency of nutrient elements were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.001% (519) of hospital bed days were for deficiency of nutrient elements in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
- 1.71% (67,738) of hospital episodes were for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 34% of hospitalisations for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases were single day episodes in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 88% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 12% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Hospitalisations for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases at public hospitals occurred in 34.7 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 5.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Excluding same day episodes, 7.7 days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 1.22% (29,545) of private hospital episodes were for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 36.7% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 3.7% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 96% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Hospitalisations in private hospitals for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases occurred in 15.1 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 4.2 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Excluding same day episodes, 6.1 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia in psychiatric hospitals:
- 2 hospital episodes in public psychiatric hospitals were for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0% of hospitalisations in public psychiatric hospitals for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 100% of hospitalisations in public psychiatric hospitals for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Hospitalisations for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases at public psychiatric hospitals occurred in less than 0.1 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 102.5 days was the mean length of stay for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases in public psychiatric hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Excluding same day episodes, 102.5 days was the mean length of stay in public psychiatric hospitals for endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)

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