Statistics about Myelodysplastic syndromes

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Prevalence and incidence statistics for Myelodysplastic syndromes:

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Incidence (annual) of Myelodysplastic syndromes: 14,000 people are diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome each year in the US (American Cancer Society, Medical News Today)

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 19,428 or 0.01% or 14,000 people in USA [about data]

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Myelodysplastic syndromes: 14,000 per year, 1,166 per month, 269 per week, 38 per day, 1 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 14,000 people are diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome each year in the US (American Cancer Society, Medical News Today)

Worldwide incidence of Myelodysplastic syndromes: 87,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (American Cancer Society, Medical News Today)

Myelodysplastic syndromes: Rare Disease Status

Myelodysplastic syndromes is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD)...more »

Myelodysplastic syndromes: Rare Disease Status

Myelodysplastic syndromes is listed as a "rare disease" by Ophanet, a consortium of European partners ...more »

Survival rate statistics for Myelodysplastic syndromes:

The following are statistics from various sources about the survival rate for Myelodysplastic syndromes:

The survival of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome is approximately 6 months to 6 years (American Cancer Society, Medical News Today)
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Society statistics for Myelodysplastic syndromes

Hospitalization statistics for Myelodysplastic syndromes:

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Myelodysplastic syndromes:

0.25% (31,970) of hospital consultant episodes were for myelodysplastic syndromes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
96% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
57% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
43% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
10% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
6.1 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for myelodysplastic syndromes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for myelodysplastic syndromes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
74 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for myelodysplastic syndromes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
10% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
57% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
76% of hospital consultant episodes for myelodysplastic syndromes were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.074% (38,890) of hospital bed days were for myelodysplastic syndromes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

About statistics:

This page presents a variety of statistics about Myelodysplastic syndromes. The term 'prevalence' of Myelodysplastic syndromes usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Myelodysplastic syndromes at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Myelodysplastic syndromes refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Myelodysplastic syndromes 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.