Basic Summary for Stuttering
Main name of condition: Stuttering
Other names or spellings: stammering
What is Stuttering?
Brief description of Stuttering: Speech difficulty involving repetition
Parent types of Stuttering: Learning disabilities, Communication disorders, Speech impairment, Mouth conditions
Organs Affected by Stuttering: speech, mouth
How many people get Stuttering?
Prevalance of Stuttering: about 1% of adults
Prevalance Rate of Stuttering: approx 1 in 100 or 1.00% or 2.7 million people in USA [about data]
Who gets Stuttering?
Patient Profile for Stuttering: Common in children 2-5
What causes Stuttering?
Causes of Stuttering: see causes of Stuttering
What are the symptoms of Stuttering?
Symptoms of Stuttering: see symptoms of Stuttering
How is it treated?
Treatments for Stuttering: see treatments for Stuttering
Society issues for Stuttering
Hospitalization statistics for Stuttering: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Stuttering:
- 0.0001% (13) of hospital consultant episodes were for stuttering or stammering in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 99% of hospital consultant episodes for stuttering or stammering required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 74% of hospital consultant episodes for stuttering or stammering were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 26% of hospital consultant episodes for stuttering or stammering were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 34% of hospital consultant episodes for stuttering or stammering required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for stuttering or stammering in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for stuttering or stammering in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 33 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for stuttering or stammering in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 18% of hospital consultant episodes for stuttering or stammering occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0% of hospital consultant episodes for stuttering or stammering occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0% of hospital consultant episodes for stuttering or stammering were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.0001% (72) of hospital bed days were for stuttering or stammering in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Last revision: Nov 3, 2003
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