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Table 3 The 20 most frequent reasons for encounter at green urgency level (not urgent). RFE groups (G) and non-grouped ICPC-2 RFE codes ranked together. Counts, incidences, absolute and cumulative proportions

From: Reasons for encounter by different levels of urgency in out-of-hours emergency primary health care in Norway: a cross sectional study

    

Incidence (per 100 000 person-years)

Proportion of green RFEs

Rank

Reason for encounter (RFE)

ICPC-2 or RFE group (G)

N

 

95% CI

%

Cumulative %

1

General symptom

G

10 031

1 928

(1 874 to 1 981)

8.0

8.0

2

Lower limbs symptom/injury/condition

G

8 107

1 558

(1 510 to 1 606)

6.4

14.4

3

Respiratory symptom/condition

G

7 980

1 533

(1 486 to 1 581)

6.3

20.7

4

Fever

A03

6 841

1 315

(1 271 to 1 359)

5.4

26.1

5

Upper limb symptom/injury/condition

G

6 606

1 269

(1 226 to 1 313)

5.2

31.3

6

Abdominal pain

G

5 510

1 059

(1 019 to 1 098)

4.4

35.7

7

Urinary tract symptom/condition

G

5 158

991

(953 to 1 029)

4.1

39.8

8

Fears, concerns and worries

G

4 826

927

(890 to 964)

3.8

43.6

9

Skin injury

G

4 592

882

(846 to 919)

3.6

43.4

10

Throat symptom/condition

G

4 096

787

(753 to 821)

3.3

46.7

11

Neck/back symptom/condition

G

3 560

684

(652 to 716)

2.8

49.5

12

Eye symptom/condition

G

3 495

672

(640 to 703)

2.8

52.3

13

Ear symptom/condition

G

2 658

511

(483 to 538)

2.1

54.4

14

Skin itching/rash

G

2 572

494

(467 to 521)

2.0

56.4

15

Diarrhoea/Vomiting

G

2 447

470

(444 to 497)

1.9

58.3

16

Head/face symptom/condition

G

2 028

390

(366 to 414)

1.6

59.9

17

No disease

A97

1 659

319

(297 to 340)

1.3

61.2

18

Respiratory infections

G

1 455

280

(259 to 300)

1.2

62.4

19

Anxiety

G

1 389

267

(247 to 287)

1.1

63.5

20

Mouth/teeth symptom/condition

G

1 321

254

(234 to 273)

1.0

64.5

 

Other

 

28 314

5 441

(5 351 to 5 531)

22.5

87.0

 

Unknown

 

12 749

2 450

(2 390 to 2 510)

10.1

97.1

 

All

 

125 970

24 207

(24 018 to 24 396)

100.0

100.0