Statistics about Stuttering
| About statistics: This page presents a variety of statistics about Stuttering. The term 'prevalence' of Stuttering usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Stuttering at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Stuttering refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Stuttering 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. |
Prevalence and incidence statistics for Stuttering: (see also prevalence and incidence page for Stuttering)
Prevalance of Stuttering: about 1% of adults
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 100 or 1.00% or 2.7 million people in USA [about data]
Society statistics 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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