Statistics about Vitamin A deficiency
| About statistics: This page presents a variety of statistics about Vitamin A deficiency. The term 'prevalence' of Vitamin A deficiency usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Vitamin A deficiency at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Vitamin A deficiency refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Vitamin A deficiency 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 Vitamin A deficiency
Hospitalization statistics for Vitamin A deficiency: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Vitamin A deficiency:
- 0.0001% (13) of hospital consultant episodes were for vitamin A deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin A deficiency required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 15% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin A deficiency were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 85% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin A deficiency were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 15% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin A deficiency required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for vitamin A deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 6 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for vitamin A deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 54 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for vitamin A deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 69% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin A deficiency occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 15% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin A deficiency occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 77% of hospital consultant episodes for vitamin A deficiency were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0% (14) of hospital bed days were for vitamin A deficiency in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Last revision: June 24, 2003
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