Table 2:
Reasons for admission by disease category* to medical wards at Atbara Teaching Hospital, River Nile State, Sudan (N = 2,614)
| ICD category | Reason for admission | n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | ||
| A or B | Infectious or parasitic diseases | 516 (19.7) | 273 (52.9) | 243 (47.1) |
| C | Malignant neoplasms | 46 (1.8) | 30 (65.2) | 16 (34.8) |
| D | Diseases of the blood | 97 (3.7) | 43 (44.3) | 54 (55.7) |
| E | Endocrine, nutrition and metabolic diseases | 190 (7.3) | 85 (44.7) | 105 (55.3) |
| G | Diseases of the nervous system | 192 (7.4) | 90 (46.9) | 102 (53.1) |
| I | Diseases of the circulatory system | 429 (16.4) | 190 (44.3) | 239 (55.7) |
| J | Diseases of the respiratory system | 317 (12.1) | 170 (53.6) | 147 (46.4) |
| K | Diseases of the digestive system | 428 (16.4) | 229 (53.5) | 199 (46.5) |
| M | Spondylopathies and musculoskeletal disorders | 22 (0.8) | 7 (31.8) | 15 (68.2) |
| N | Diseases of the genito-urinary system | 361 (13.8) | 188 (52.1) | 173 (47.9) |
| O | Miscellaneous conditions | 16 (0.6) | 11 (68.8) | 5 (31.2) |
ICD = International Classification of Disease.
*
Categorised using Version 10.0 of the World Health Organization’s ICD coding system.8