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. 2016 Dec 8;75:10.3402/ijch.v75.32903. doi: 10.3402/ijch.v75.32903

Table III.

The incidence rate for the 10 most frequent diseases and disease groups for outpatient consultations in the secondary sector

N Mean (SD) Incidence rate (1,000/year)
ICD-10 code
 Special screening for respiratory tuberculosis (Z111) 17 0.05 (±0.25) 6.2
 Otitis media UNS (H669) 14 0.05 (±0.26) 5.1
 Hypermetropia (H520) 13 0.04 (±0.20) 4.8
 Hypertrophy of adenoids (J352) 9 0.03 (±0.17) 3.3
 Hypertrophy of tonsils (J351) 8 0.03 (±0.16) 2.9
 Epistaxis (R040) 8 0.03 (±0.18) 2.9
 Perforation of tympanic membrane UNS (H729) 7 0.02 (±0.15) 2.6
 Atopic dermatitis UNS (L209) 7 0.02 (±0.15) 2.6
 Constipation (K590) 7 0.02 (±0.17) 2.6
 Astigmatism (H522) 6 0.02 (±0.14) 2.2
ICD-10 category
 Diseases of the eye and adnexa [DH00-DH59] 51 0.16 (±0.59) 18.7
 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified [DR00-DR99] 45 0.14 (±0.47) 16.5
 Diseases of the ear and mastoid process [DH60-DH95] 39 0.13 (±0.51) 14.3
 Diseases of the respiratory system [DJ00-DJ99] 29 0.09 (±0.35) 10.6
 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities [DQ00-DQ99] 22 0.07 (±0.37) 8.0
 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue [DL00-DL99] 17 0.05 (±0.31) 6.2
 Diseases of the digestive system [DK00-DK93] 15 0.05 (±0.24) 5.5
 Mental and behavioural disorders [DF00-DF99] 9 0.03 (±0.22) 3.3
 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue [DM00-DM99] 7 0.02 (±0.17) 2.6
 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases [DA00-DB99] 7 0.02 (±0.17) 2.6

N=number of contacts; SD=standard deviation.

Z0 diagnosis codes and Z-category excluded.