Statistics about Rectal abscess

About statistics: This page presents a variety of statistics about Rectal abscess. The term 'prevalence' of Rectal abscess usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Rectal abscess at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Rectal abscess refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Rectal abscess diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

Society statistics for Rectal abscess
Hospitalization statistics for Rectal abscess: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Rectal abscess:

0.11% (13,851) of hospital consultant episodes were for abscess of anal and rectal regions in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
93% of hospital consultant episodes for abscess of anal and rectal regions required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
71% of hospital consultant episodes for abscess of anal and rectal regions were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
29% of hospital consultant episodes for abscess of anal and rectal regions were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
88% of hospital consultant episodes for abscess of anal and rectal regions required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2.7 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for abscess of anal and rectal regions in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for abscess of anal and rectal regions in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
40 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for abscess of anal and rectal regions in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
80% of hospital consultant episodes for abscess of anal and rectal regions occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3% of hospital consultant episodes for abscess of anal and rectal regions occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4% of hospital consultant episodes for abscess of anal and rectal regions were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.062% (32,376) of hospital bed days were for abscess of anal and rectal regions in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

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Last revision: April 3, 2003

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