Table 2. Distribution of common skin diseases among dermatological out-patients (N=3,635) in 13 European countries.
| Diagnosis | Overall N ( %) |
Countries
N
(%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE N=248 MD=7 | DK N=256 MD=1 | FR N=114 MD=0 | DE N=278 MD=4 | HU N=250 MD=4 | IT N=499 MD=0 | NL N=213 MD=13 | NO N=527 MD=4 | PL N=250 MD=0 | RU N=248 MD=2 | ES N=249 MD=0 | TR N=250 MD=0 | UK N=253 MD=1 | ||
| Psoriasis | 626 (17.4) | 42 (17.4) | 41 (16.1) | 15 (13.2) | 27 (9.9) | 24 (9.8) | 82 (16.4) | 23 (11.5) | 128 (24.5) | 56 (22.4) | 67 (27.2) | 50 (20.1) | 25 (10.0) | 46 (18.3) |
| Non-melanoma skin cancer | 394 (10.9) | 34 (14.1) | 61 (23.9) | 7 (6.1) | 44 (161) | 2 (0.8) | 31 (6.2) | 48(24.0) | 102 (19.5) | 4 (1.6) | — | 24 (9.6) | 1 (0.4) | 36 (14.3) |
| Infections skin | 243 (6.8) | 17 (7.1) | 9 (3.5) | 6 (5.3) | 31 (11.3) | 16 (6.5) | 55 (11.0) | 10 (5.0) | 13 (2.5) | 18 (7.2) | 4 (1.6) | 18 (7.2) | 40 (16.0) | 6 (2.4) |
| Eczema | 229 (6.4) | 12 (5.0) | 16 (6.3) | 3 (2.6) | 23 (8.4) | 11 (4.5) | 23 (4.6) | 14 (7.0) | 18 (3.4) | 32 (12.8) | 20 (8.1) | 12 (4.8) | — | 45 (17.9) |
| Acne | 213 (5.9) | 11 (4.6) | 3 (1.2) | 2 (1.8) | 4 (1.5) | 3 (1.2) | 31 (6.2) | 3 (1.5) | 23 (4.4) | 6 (2.4) | 13 (5.3) | 9 (3.6) | 75 (30.0) | 30 (11.9) |
| Nevi | 177 (4.9) | 20 (8.3) | 2 (0.8) | 8 (7.0) | 10 (3.6) | 11 (4.5) | 34 (6.8) | 12 (6.0) | 16 (3.1) | 2 (0.8) | — | 42 (16.9) | — | 20 (7.9) |
| Atopic eczema | 162 (4.5) | 3 (1.2) | 6 (2.4) | 3 (2.6) | 11(4.0) | 22 (8.9) | 17 (3.4) | 3 (1.5) | 30 (5.7) | 30 (12.0) | 28 (11.4) | 2 (0.8) | 6 (2.4) | 1 (0.4) |
| Benign skin tumors | 152 (4.2) | 18 (7.5) | 4 (1.6) | 5 (4.4) | 10 (3.6) | 6 (2.4) | 35 (7.0) | 7 (3.5) | 12 (2.3) | 1 (0.4) | — | 37 (14.9) | 4 (1.6) | 13 (5.2) |
| Hand eczema | 143 (4.0) | 2 (0.8) | 16 (6.3) | 5 (4.4) | 16 (5.8) | 5 (2.0) | 17 (3.4) | 8 (4.0) | 20 (3.8) | 8 (3.2) | 16 (6.5) | — | 24 (9.6) | 6 (2.4) |
| Leg ulcers | 121 (3.4) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.4) | 4 (3.5) | 4 (1.5) | 79 (32.1) | 5 (1.0) | 8 (4.0) | 6 (1.1) | 7 (2.8) | 4 (1.6) | 1 (0.4) | — | 1 (0.4) |
Abbreviations: BE, Belgium; DE, Germany; DK, Denmark; ES, Spain; FR, France; HU, Hungary; IT, Italy (Rome and Padua); MD, missing data; NL, the Netherlands; NO, Norway (Oslo and Stavanger); PL, Poland; RU, Russia; TR, Turkey; UK, United Kingdom.