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Table 3 Frequency discharge diagnosis according to major ICD-10groups, distributed on four mortality levels

From: Risk factors associated with short term mortality changes over time, after arrival to the emergency department

ICD-10 groups

Disease categories

Overall

 

0-4 h

 

4 h-2 day

 

3–7 day

 

8–30 day

 
 

Total N (%)

1721

(100)

290

(100)

222

(100)

N 401

(100)

N 808

(100)

A00-B99

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

107

(6.2)

20

(6.9)

19

(8.6)

27

(6.7)

41

(5.1)

C00-D89

Neoplasms and diseases of blood and blodforming organs

153

(8.9)

5

(1.7)

12

(5.4)

33

(8.2)

103

(12.7)

E00-E90

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

77

(4.5)

5

(1.7)

13

(5.9)

12

(3.0)

47

(5.8)

G00-G99

Diseases of the nervous system

17

(1.0)

2

(0.7)

0

0

8

(2.0)

7

(0.9)

I00-I99

Diseases of the circulatory system

454

(26.4)

159

(54.8)

82

(36.9)

103

(25.7)

110

(13.6)

J00-J99

Disease of the respiratory system

335

(19.5)

27

(9.3)

39

(17.6)

86

(21.4)

183

(22.6)

K00-K93

Diseases of the digestive system

161

(9.4)

11

(3.8)

25

(11.3)

43

(10.7)

82

(10.1)

N00-N99

Disease of the genitourinary system

54

(3.1)

2

(1.7)

5

(2.3)

10

(2.5)

37

(4.6)

R00-R99

Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and labotory findings, not elsewhere classified

119

(6.9)

17

(5.9)

15

(6.8)

26

(6.5)

61

(7.5)

S00-T98

Injury, poisoning and certain other conseqeunces of external causes

91

(5.3)

30

(10.3)

2

(0.9)

21

(5.2)

38

(4.7)

 

Others (mental, eye, ear, skin, connective tissue, external causes etc)

147

(8.5)

10

(3.4)

9

(7.7)

31

(7.7)

97

(12.0)

 

Missing

6

(0.3)

2

(0.7)

1

(0.5)

1

(0.2)

2

(0.2)