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Table 4 The 20 most frequent reasons for encounter at yellow urgency level (urgent). RFE groups 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 yellow RFEs

Rank

Reason for encounter (RFE)

ICPC-2 or RFE group (G)

N

 

95% CI

%

Cumulative %

1

Abdominal pain

G

4 036

776

(742 to 809)

8.9

8.9

2

Respiratory symptom/condition

G

3 543

681

(649 to 713)

7.9

16.8

3

Skin injury

G

2 967

570

(541 to 599)

6.6

23.4

4

Lower limbs symptom/injury/condition

G

2 890

555

(527 to 584)

6.4

29.8

5

General symptom

G

2 877

553

(524 to 581)

6.4

36.1

6

Upper limb symptom/injury/condition

G

2 660

511

(484 to 539)

5.9

42.0

7

Fever

A03

1 692

325

(303 to 347)

3.7

45.8

8

Chest pain/symptom/condition

G

1 665

320

(298 to 342)

3.7

49.5

9

Neck/back symptom/condition

G

1 388

267

(247 to 287)

3.1

52.6

10

Head/face symptom/condition

G

1 102

212

(194 to 229)

2.4

55.0

11

Urinary tract symptom/condition

G

963

185

(169 to 202)

2.1

57.1

12

Fears, concerns and worries

G

1 005

193

(151 to 182)

2.2

59.0

13

Eye symptom/condition

G

721

139

(124 to 153)

1.6

60.6

14

Throat symptom/condition

G

665

128

(114 to 142)

1.5

62.1

15

Depression

G

561

108

(95 to 120)

1.2

63.4

16

Diarrhoea/vomiting

G

555

107

(94 to 119)

1.2

64.6

17

Vertigo/dizzyness

N17

535

103

(90 to 115)

1.2

65.8

18

Alcohol/substance abuse/addiction

G

457

88

(76 to 99)

1.0

66.8

19

Anxiety

G

441

85

(74 to 96)

1.0

67.8

20

Fainting/syncope

A06

432

83

(72 to 94)

1.0

68.7

 

Other

 

10 819

2 079

(2 024 to 2 134)

24.0

92.7

 

Unknown

 

3 158

633

(603 to 664)

7.3

100.0

 

All

 

45 132

8 673

(8 560 to 8 786)

100.0

100.0