Statistics about Tinea
| About statistics: This page presents a variety of statistics about Tinea. The term 'prevalence' of Tinea usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Tinea at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Tinea refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Tinea 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. |
Society statistics for Tinea
Hospitalization statistics for Tinea: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Tinea:
- 0.002% (289) of hospital consultant episodes were for dermatophytosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 88% of hospital consultant episodes for dermatophytosis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 64% of hospital consultant episodes for dermatophytosis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 36% of hospital consultant episodes for dermatophytosis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 56% of hospital consultant episodes for dermatophytosis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for dermatophytosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for dermatophytosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 39 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for dermatophytosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 48% of hospital consultant episodes for dermatophytosis occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 11% of hospital consultant episodes for dermatophytosis occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 32% of hospital consultant episodes for dermatophytosis were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.001% (577) of hospital bed days were for dermatophytosis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Last revision: June 23, 2003
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