Basic Summary for Rectal conditions

Main name of condition: Rectal conditions
Other names or spellings: Rectum conditions, Rectal disorders, Rectum disorders

What is Rectal conditions?
  Brief description of Rectal conditions: Condition of the rectum or rectal area.
  Parent types of Rectal conditions: Anorectal disorders
  Organs Affected by Rectal conditions: rectum
  Types of Rectal conditions: Proctitis, Hemorrhoids, Fecal incontinence, Colorectal Polyps, Constipation, Flatulence, Gonorrhea, Incontinence, Pinworm, Rectal abscess, Rectal cancer, Rectal prolapse, Rectocele, Vaginal fistula, Anorectal disorders, Familial polyposis, Fecal impaction, Gastrointestinal bleeding, Infectious Diarrhea, Traveler's diarrhea

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

0.59% (75,252) of hospital consultant episodes were for other diseases of anus and rectum in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
92% of hospital consultant episodes for other diseases of anus and rectum required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
46% of hospital consultant episodes for other diseases of anus and rectum were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
54% of hospital consultant episodes for other diseases of anus and rectum were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
22% of hospital consultant episodes for other diseases of anus and rectum required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for other diseases of anus and rectum in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for other diseases of anus and rectum in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
57 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for other diseases of anus and rectum in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
48% of hospital consultant episodes for other diseases of anus and rectum occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
24% of hospital consultant episodes for other diseases of anus and rectum occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
60% of hospital consultant episodes for other diseases of anus and rectum were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.24% (126,148) of hospital bed days were for other diseases of anus and rectum in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

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