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Table 3 Distribution of diagnosis at ICD-10 chapter level

From: Repeated ambulance use is associated with chronic diseases - a population-based historic cohort study of patients’ symptoms and diagnoses

 

One-time users

Two-time users

Frequent users

Total

Injuries and poisoning

13 510

(33%)

2 376

(22%)

1 382

(15%)

17 268

(29%)

Other factors

6 608

(16%)

1 670

(15%)

1 462

(16%)

9 740

(16%)

Symptoms and signs

5 386

(13%)

1 528

(14%)

1 257

(14%)

8 171

(14%)

Circulatory diseases

4 470

(11%)

1 509

(14%)

1 109

(12%)

7 088

(12%)

Respiratory diseasesa

2 194

(5%)

987

(9%)

1 200

(13%)

4 381

(7%)

Mental disordersa

1 584

(4%)

611

(6%)

892

(10%)

3 087

(5%)

Digestive diseases

1 590

(4%)

515

(5%)

385

(4%)

2 490

(4%)

Neurological diseasesa

1 110

(3%)

508

(5%)

589

(6%)

2 207

(4%)

Endocrine diseases

730

(2%)

324

(3%)

291

(3%)

1 345

(2%)

Genitourinary diseases

762

(2%)

234

(2%)

135

(1%)

1 131

(2%)

All remaining diagnoses

2 550

(6%)

638

(6%)

363

(4%)

3 551

(6%)

Total

40 494

(100%)

10 900

(100%)

9 065

(100%)

60 459

(100%)

  1. Top-10 ICD-10 diagnoses at chapter level received at hospital and their distribution within the user groups
  2. aChapters with the largest difference in proportions of diagnoses between user groups