Statistics about Urethral stricture
| About statistics: This page presents a variety of statistics about Urethral stricture. The term 'prevalence' of Urethral stricture usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Urethral stricture at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Urethral stricture refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Urethral stricture 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 Urethral stricture
Hospitalization statistics for Urethral stricture: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Urethral stricture:
- 0.16% (20,297) of hospital consultant episodes were for urethral stricture in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 98% of hospital consultant episodes for urethral stricture required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 75% of hospital consultant episodes for urethral stricture were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 25% of hospital consultant episodes for urethral stricture were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 5% of hospital consultant episodes for urethral stricture required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3.1 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for urethral stricture in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for urethral stricture in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 57 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for urethral stricture in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 45% of hospital consultant episodes for urethral stricture occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 24% of hospital consultant episodes for urethral stricture occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 54% of hospital consultant episodes for urethral stricture were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.05% (26,113) of hospital bed days were for urethral stricture in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Last revision: June 23, 2003
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