Basic Summary for Tick-borne diseases

Main name of condition: Tick-borne diseases
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What is Tick-borne diseases?
  Brief description of Tick-borne diseases: Diseases carried by ticks.
  Parent types of Tick-borne diseases: Zoonotic Diseases, Insect-borne diseases
  Types of Tick-borne diseases: Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Scrub typhus, Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Lyme disease, Relapsing fever, Colorado tick fever, Rocky mountain spotted fever, Typhus, Tick typhus, STARI, Tick paralysis, Flavivirus

What causes Tick-borne diseases?
  Cause of Tick-borne diseases: Tick bites spread infection.
  Causes of Tick-borne diseases: see causes of Tick-borne diseases
  Risk factors for Tick-borne diseases: see risk factors for Tick-borne diseases

How is it treated?
Prevention of Tick-borne diseases: see prevention of Tick-borne diseases

Society issues for Tick-borne diseases
Hospitalization statistics for Tick-borne diseases: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Tick-borne diseases:

0.0006% (72) of hospital episodes were for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
90% of hospital consultations for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
60% of hospital episodes for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
40% of hospital episodes for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
98% of hospital admissions for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
31 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
92% of hospitalisations for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3% of hospitalisations for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospitalisations for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.0005% (256) of hospital bed days were for arthropod-borne viral fevers and viral haemorrhagic fevers in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% (5) of hospital consultant episodes were for tick-borne viral encephalitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
80% of hospital consultant episodes for tick-borne viral encephalitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
40% of hospital consultant episodes for tick-borne viral encephalitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
60% of hospital consultant episodes for tick-borne viral encephalitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
25% of hospital consultant episodes for tick-borne viral encephalitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for tick-borne viral encephalitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for tick-borne viral encephalitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
33 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for tick-borne viral encephalitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
60% of hospital consultant episodes for tick-borne viral encephalitis 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 tick-borne viral encephalitis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for tick-borne viral encephalitis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% (20) of hospital bed days were for tick-borne viral encephalitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Last revision: June 23, 2003

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