Basic Summary for Upper Respiratory Infection

Main name of condition: Upper Respiratory Infection
Other names or spellings: URI, Upper Respiratory Tract Infection, URTI

What is Upper Respiratory Infection?
  Brief description of Upper Respiratory Infection: Any type of infection of the upper respiratory tract
  Parent types of Upper Respiratory Infection: Diseases contagious from droplets, Diseases contagious from saliva
  Types of Upper Respiratory Infection: Common cold, Flu, Pharyngitis

How serious is Upper Respiratory Infection?
Complications of Upper Respiratory Infection: see complications of Upper Respiratory Infection

What causes Upper Respiratory Infection?
Causes of Upper Respiratory Infection: see causes of Upper Respiratory Infection

What are the symptoms of Upper Respiratory Infection?
Symptoms of Upper Respiratory Infection: see symptoms of Upper Respiratory Infection

Society issues for Upper Respiratory Infection
Hospitalization statistics for Upper Respiratory Infection: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Upper Respiratory Infection:

0.63% (80,439) of hospital episodes were for acute upper respiratory infections in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
97% of hospital consultations for acute upper respiratory infections required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
55% of hospital episodes for acute upper respiratory infections were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
45% of hospital episodes for acute upper respiratory infections were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
92% of hospital admissions for acute upper respiratory infections required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for acute upper respiratory infections in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1 day was the median length of stay in hospitals for acute upper respiratory infections in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
10 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for acute upper respiratory infections in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
19% of hospitalisations for acute upper respiratory infections occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2% of hospitalisations for acute upper respiratory infections occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1% of hospitalisations for acute upper respiratory infections were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.19% (97,409) of hospital bed days were for acute upper respiratory infections in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
- 0.74% (29,393) of hospital episodes were for acute upper respiratory infections in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 27% of hospitalisations for acute upper respiratory infections were single day episodes in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 92% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for acute upper respiratory infections were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 8% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for acute upper respiratory infections were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Hospitalisations for acute upper respiratory infections at public hospitals occurred in 15.0 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 1.7 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for acute upper respiratory infections in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Excluding same day episodes, 2 days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for acute upper respiratory infections in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.14% (3,411) of private hospital episodes were for acute upper respiratory infections in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 12.6% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for acute upper respiratory infections were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 15.3% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for acute upper respiratory infections were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 85% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for acute upper respiratory infections were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Hospitalisations in private hospitals for acute upper respiratory infections occurred in 1.7 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 2.6 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for acute upper respiratory infections in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Excluding same day episodes, 2.8 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for acute upper respiratory infections in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)

Last revision: June 23, 2003

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