Table 2. Numbers of hospitalisation days, outpatient visits, days on sickness allowance and subjects on disability pension retrieved from registers in 1996 and 2006.
1996 | 2006 | |
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Population in Finland | 5,132,320 | 5,276,955 |
Days in hospital in primary care | 58,986 (1,149) | 69,021 (1,308) |
Days in hospital in secondary care | 68,231 (1,329) | 32,446 (615) |
Secondary care outpatient visits | 22,179 (432) | 20,115 (381) |
Days on sickness allowance due to COPD | 59,104 (1,152) | 64,354 (1,220) |
Subjects on disability pension due to COPD | 1,928 (38) | 1,844 (35) |
The numbers are in total values in Finland and per 100,000 inhabitants in parenthesis.
Abbreviation: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.