Every year in the UK, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs in around one to three in 1,000 people in th...
Every year in the UK, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs in around one to three in 1,000 people in the general population. This ranges from less than one in 3,000 in people under the age of 40.
One in every 100 people in the UK who develops DVT dies, with the cause usually being a pulmonary embolism.
In the US, DVT affects up to two million Americans each year, and complications kill up to 200,000 people in the US annually - more than breast cancer and Aids combined.
Women taking the contraceptive pill are three or four times more likely to suffer from DVT than those who do not.
There is also an increased risk for women on hormone replacement therapy.
Women are affected by pulmonary embolism more often than men.
Pulmonary embolisms are the most frequent cause of maternal death associated with childbirth.
International airports and hospitals near airports reported the following statistics:
n At least one long-distance airplane passenger dies every month from a blood clot within minutes of landing at London's Heathrow Airport.
n Physicians at Ashford Hospital, London, which treats patients who arrive at Heathrow Airport, say that more than 2,000 people die from flight-related DVT every year in Britain.
