Basic Summary for Thalassemia
Main name of condition: Thalassemia
What is Thalassemia?
Brief description of Thalassemia: Genetic disease causing anemia
Parent types of Thalassemia: Anemia, Blood conditions, Genetic Disease, Autosomal Genetic Diseases, Autosomal Recessive Genetic Diseases, Recessive Genetic Diseases
Organs Affected by Thalassemia: blood, red blood cells
Types of Thalassemia: Alpha thalassemia, Beta thalassemia, Delta thalassemia, Delta-beta thalassemia, Thalassemia major, Thalassemia minor, Cooley's anemia
How many people get Thalassemia?
Prevalance of Thalassemia: 1,000 people with Cooley's anemia (NHLBI)
Prevalance Rate of Thalassemia: approx 1 in 272,000 or 0.00% or 1,000 people in USA [about data]
Who gets Thalassemia?
Race Profile for Thalassemia: Common in people of Italian or Greek descent. Also Mediterranean, North African or South-East Asians.
Geography Profile for Thalassemia: Common in Italy and Greece.
How serious is Thalassemia?
Deaths for Thalassemia: 20 deaths (NHLBI 1999)
Complications of Thalassemia: see complications of Thalassemia
What causes Thalassemia?
Class of Condition for Thalassemia: genetic autosomal recessive
Risk factors for Thalassemia: see risk factors for Thalassemia
What are the symptoms of Thalassemia?
Symptoms of Thalassemia: see symptoms of Thalassemia
Can anyone else get Thalassemia?
Inheritance: see inheritance of Thalassemia
Inheritance of genetic conditions: see details in inheritance of genetic diseases.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Thalassemia: see treatments for Thalassemia
Society issues for Thalassemia
Hospitalizations for Thalassemia: 4,000 (NHLBI 1999)
Hospitalization statistics for Thalassemia: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Thalassemia:
- 0.07% (9,233) of hospital consultant episodes were for thalassaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for thalassaemia required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 53% of hospital consultant episodes for thalassaemia were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 47% of hospital consultant episodes for thalassaemia were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 5% of hospital consultant episodes for thalassaemia required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for thalassaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for thalassaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 23 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for thalassaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 69% of hospital consultant episodes for thalassaemia occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1% of hospital consultant episodes for thalassaemia occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 78% of hospital consultant episodes for thalassaemia were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.007% (3,605) of hospital bed days were for thalassaemia in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Last revision: June 20, 2003
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