Table 3.
Concept distributions in seven SNOMED hierarchies.
| Hierarchy | C | V | V/C (%) | D | Cmult | Cmult/C (%) | Vmult |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 3661 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 2.4 | 0 |
| Situation | 3237 | 86 | 2.7 | 67 | 387 | 12.0 | 67 |
| Pharmaceutical product | 17,140 | 1047 | 6.1 | 949 | 7721 | 45.1 | 963 |
| Procedure | 52,687 | 7878 | 15.0 | 3374 | 27,031 | 51.3 | 5846 |
| Specimen | 1330 | 191 | 14.4 | 80 | 788 | 59.3 | 130 |
| Body structure | 31,155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,418 | 43.1 | 0 |
| Clinical finding | 98,414 | 13,943 | 14.2 | 3127 | 44,544 | 45.3 | 9841 |
| Total | 207,624 | 23,145 | 11.2 | 7597 | 93,975 | 45.3 | 16,847 |
C = # concepts; V = # overlapping concepts; D = # overlapping roots; Cmult = # concepts having multiple parents; Vmult = # overlapping concepts having multiple parents.