Average length of hospital stays in Mexico 2021, by diagnosis
In 2021, the average length of hospital stays due to mental and behavioral disorders in Mexico amounted to 26.9 days, the highest among causes of hospitalization. Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period followed, with an estimated hospital inpatient stay of 9.5 days. During that year, over 1.2 million out of the 3.9 million hospital discharges in the North American country were hospitalizations because of pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium.