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Table 3 Distribution of patients across the 23 major ICD-10 code groups

From: Characteristics and outcomes of patients with dyspnoea as the main symptom, assessed by prehospital emergency nurses- a retrospective observational study

 

All patientsa

Women

Men

Chapters - n(%)

6354

3538

2816

I Certain infections and parasites diseases A00 – B99

161 (3.0)

75 (2.6)

1.40 [0.92,2.10]b

II Neoplasm C00 – D48

131 (2.5)

62 (2.1)

1.35 [0.85,2.12]

III Diseases of the blood and blood forming organs and certain diseases involving the immuno-mechanisms D50 – D89

34 (0.6)

16 (0.6)

1.35 [0.56,3.29]

IV Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases E00 – E90

42 (0.8)

25 (0.9)

0.82 [0.36,1.84]

V Mental and behavioural disorders F00 – F99

91 (1.7)

50 (1.7)

0.98 [0.57,1.70]

VI Diseases of the nervous system G00 – G99

29 (0.5)

17 (0.6)

0.85 [0.32,2.24]

VII Diseases of the eye and adnexa H00 – H59

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 [0,0]

VIII Diseases of the eye and mastoid process H60 – H95

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 [0,0]

IX Diseases of the circulatory system I00 – I99

1230 (23.1)

647 (22.3)

1.11 [0.94,1.31]

X Diseases of the respiratory system J00 – J99

2615 (49.1)

1476 (50.8)

0.86 [0.75,0.99]

XI Diseases of the digestive system K00 – K93

65 (1.2)

33 (1.1)

1.17 [0.61,2.22]

XII Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue L00 – L99

6 (0.1)

3 (0.1)

1.20 [0.15,9,85]

XIII Diseases of the musculoskeletal tissue and connective tissue M00 – M99

51 (1.0)

37 (1.3)

0.45 [0.20,1.02]

XIV Diseases of the genitourinery system N00 – N99

69 (1.3)

30 (1.0)

1.57 [0.84,2.95]

XV Pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium O00 – O99

1 (< 0.1)

1 (< 0.1)

0 [0,0]

XVI Certain conditions originating from the perinatal period P00 – P96

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 [0,0]

XVII Congenital malformations, deformation and chromosomal malformations Q00 – Q99

1 (< 0.1)

0 (0.0)

0 [0,0]

XVIII Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical findings, not elsewhere classified R00 – R99

711 (13.4)

382 (13.2)

1.04 [0.84,1.28]

XIX Injury, Poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes S00 – T98

33 (0.6)

23 (0.8)

0.52 [0.20,1.38]

XX External causes of morbidity and mortality V00 – V99

1 (< 0.1)

1 (< 0.1)

0 [0,0]

XXI External causes to disease and death Y01 – Y98

1 (< 0.1)

1 (< 0.1)

0 [0,0]

XXII Factors influencing health status and contact with health services Z00 – Z99

48 (0.9)

23 (0.8)

1.31 [0.62,2.76]

XXIII Codes for special purposes U00-U99

4 (0.1)

3 (0.1)

0.40 [0.20,7.84]

  1. aMissing diagnosis in 1030 patients (women 633, men 397)
  2. bOdds ratio and 99% - confidence interval