Anemia or Iron Deficiency

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Morbidity

• Percent of persons with iron deficiency (based on the body iron model):
  Children age 1-2 years: 14%
  Children age 3-5 years: 4%
  Females age 12-19 years: 9%
  Females age 20-49 years: 9%
  

Source:  Key statistics from NHANES (data are for 2003-2006)

 

Health Care Use

Ambulatory care

• Number of visits to emergency departments with anemia as the primary diagnosis: 209,000

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Emergency Department Summary Tables, table 26 [PDF - 481 KB]

Assisted living and other residential care

• Percent of residents with anemia: 9.6%

Source: 2010 NSRCF Data Dictionary: Resident Public-Use File [PDF - 369 KB]

Hospital inpatient care

• Number of discharges with anemia as first-listed diagnosis: 392,000
• Average length of stay: 4.1 days

Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2010 table, Average length of stay and days of care – Number and rate of discharges by first-listed diagnostic categories [PDF - 58 KB]

Nursing home care

• Number of residents with anemia: 276,900
• Percent of residents with anemia: 18.6%

Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 33B [PDF - 719 KB]

 

Mortality

• Number of deaths: 4,852
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 1.6

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2010, tables 10, 11 [PDF - 3.1 MB]

 

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