Basic Summary for Uterine fibroids

Main name of condition: Uterine fibroids
Other names or spellings: Fibroids, uterine leiomyomata, uterine leiomyoma

What is Uterine fibroids?
  Brief description of Uterine fibroids: Benign nodules in the uterus wall.
  Parent types of Uterine fibroids: Uterus conditions
  Organs Affected by Uterine fibroids: uterus

How many people get Uterine fibroids?
Prevalance of Uterine fibroids: 10-20% women (NWHIC)
Prevalance Rate of Uterine fibroids: approx 1 in 20 or 5.00% or 13.6 million people in USA [about data]

Who gets Uterine fibroids?
  Patient Profile for Uterine fibroids: Typically young reproductive-age women. Rare before menarche. Often reduced after menopause.
  Gender Profile for Uterine fibroids: Women only.
  Race Profile for Uterine fibroids: African American 2-3 times more than Caucasians.

How serious is Uterine fibroids?
Prognosis of Uterine fibroids: Good. Benign. Rarely associated with uterine cancer.
Complications of Uterine fibroids: see complications of Uterine fibroids

What causes Uterine fibroids?
Causes of Uterine fibroids: see causes of Uterine fibroids
Risk factors for Uterine fibroids: see risk factors for Uterine fibroids

What are the symptoms of Uterine fibroids?
Symptoms of Uterine fibroids: see symptoms of Uterine fibroids

How is it treated?
Treatments for Uterine fibroids: see treatments for Uterine fibroids

Society issues for Uterine fibroids
Hospitalization statistics for Uterine fibroids: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Uterine fibroids:

0.2% (25,556) of hospital consultant episodes were for leiomyoma of uterus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
98% of hospital consultant episodes for leiomyoma of uterus required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
100% of hospital consultant episodes for leiomyoma of uterus were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7% of hospital consultant episodes for leiomyoma of uterus required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for leiomyoma of uterus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for leiomyoma of uterus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
47 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for leiomyoma of uterus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
92% of hospital consultant episodes for leiomyoma of uterus 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 leiomyoma of uterus occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
28% of hospital consultant episodes for leiomyoma of uterus were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.16% (81,392) of hospital bed days were for leiomyoma of uterus in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Last revision: May 27, 2003

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