Table 1. Hospital admissions during cold and hot seasons, by cause of admission, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, 1998–2009.
Cause | No. (%) of admissions |
|
---|---|---|
November–Marcha | June–Septemberb | |
Unintentional injuries | 334 291 (10.0) | 270 942 (10.4) |
Intentional injuries | 7 921 (0.2) | 7 038 (0.3) |
Infectious diseases | 165 959 (5.0) | 132 647 (5.1) |
Chronic diseases | ||
Respiratory | 620 073 (18.6) | 444 628 (17.1) |
Circulatory | 544 027 (16.3) | 393 495 (15.1) |
Cancer | 501 898 (15.1) | 419 058 (16.1) |
Renal failure | 345 166 (10.4) | 267 804 (10.3) |
Diabetes | 80 190 (2.4) | 62 477 (2.4) |
Cirrhosis | 6 984 (0.2) | 5 195 (0.2) |
All other causes | 725 727 (21.8) | 601 857 (23.1) |
Total | 3 332 203 (100) | 2 605 141 (100) |
a Cold season.
b Hot season.
Note: Principal diagnoses were coded in accordance with the International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, ninth revision:28 unintentional injuries, 800–957 and E800–E949; intentional injuries, E950–E959 and E960–E969; infectious diseases, 001–139, 320–323 and 614–616; renal failure, 584–586; diabetes, 249–250; cirrhosis, 571.5, 571.6, 571.8 and 571.9; cancer, 140–239; circulatory diseases, 390–459; respiratory diseases: 460–519.
Source: Hospital Authority of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.