Table 1.
Number of hospital admissions, and descriptive statistics for age and sex, and for subtypes of liver cirrhosis, 1968–98
| Principal diagnosis at admission | ICD-9 codes | No of admissions | Age (y) (mean (SD)) | No of admissions among men (%) |
| Alcoholic liver cirrhoses | 571.0–571.3 | 2802 | 53.3 (12.4) | 1717 (61.3%) |
| Alcoholic hepatitis* | 571.1 | 388 | 47.7 (12.6) | 238 (61.3%) |
| Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver* | 571.2 | 669 | 55.5 (12.1) | 400 (59.8%) |
| Other and unspecified alcoholic liver cirrhosis and disease* | 571.0, 571.3 | 1383 | 53.5 (12.3) | 864 (62.5%) |
| Non-alcoholic liver cirrhoses: | 571.4–571.9 | 2041 | 59.4 (14.9) | 871 (42.7%) |
| Chronic hepatitis* | 571.4 | 422 | 60.8 (11.1) | 165 (39.1%) |
| Biliary cirrhosis* | 571.6 | 322 | 61.8 (14.6) | 58 (18.0%) |
| Other and unspecified liver cirrhosis and disease without mention of alcohol* | 571.5, 571.8, 571.9 | 827 | 59.2 (14.3) | 441 (53.3%) |
| Liver cirrhosis as a secondary or subsidiary diagnosis | All other ICD codes | 3349 | 59.8 (14.4) | 1923 (57.4%) |
| All cases | 8192 | 57.5 (14.2) | 4511 (55.1%) |
*These subtypes were distinguishable from ICD-9 and ICD-10 coding only, and refer to the period 1979–98 only.