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. 2017 Jun 24;17:19. doi: 10.1186/s12873-017-0129-2

Table 3.

The 20 most frequent reasons for encounter at green urgency level (not urgent). RFE groups (G) and non-grouped ICPC-2 RFE codes ranked together. Counts, incidences, absolute and cumulative proportions

Incidence (per 100 000 person-years) Proportion of green RFEs
Rank Reason for encounter (RFE) ICPC-2 or RFE group (G) N 95% CI % Cumulative %
1 General symptom G 10 031 1 928 (1 874 to 1 981) 8.0 8.0
2 Lower limbs symptom/injury/condition G 8 107 1 558 (1 510 to 1 606) 6.4 14.4
3 Respiratory symptom/condition G 7 980 1 533 (1 486 to 1 581) 6.3 20.7
4 Fever A03 6 841 1 315 (1 271 to 1 359) 5.4 26.1
5 Upper limb symptom/injury/condition G 6 606 1 269 (1 226 to 1 313) 5.2 31.3
6 Abdominal pain G 5 510 1 059 (1 019 to 1 098) 4.4 35.7
7 Urinary tract symptom/condition G 5 158 991 (953 to 1 029) 4.1 39.8
8 Fears, concerns and worries G 4 826 927 (890 to 964) 3.8 43.6
9 Skin injury G 4 592 882 (846 to 919) 3.6 43.4
10 Throat symptom/condition G 4 096 787 (753 to 821) 3.3 46.7
11 Neck/back symptom/condition G 3 560 684 (652 to 716) 2.8 49.5
12 Eye symptom/condition G 3 495 672 (640 to 703) 2.8 52.3
13 Ear symptom/condition G 2 658 511 (483 to 538) 2.1 54.4
14 Skin itching/rash G 2 572 494 (467 to 521) 2.0 56.4
15 Diarrhoea/Vomiting G 2 447 470 (444 to 497) 1.9 58.3
16 Head/face symptom/condition G 2 028 390 (366 to 414) 1.6 59.9
17 No disease A97 1 659 319 (297 to 340) 1.3 61.2
18 Respiratory infections G 1 455 280 (259 to 300) 1.2 62.4
19 Anxiety G 1 389 267 (247 to 287) 1.1 63.5
20 Mouth/teeth symptom/condition G 1 321 254 (234 to 273) 1.0 64.5
Other 28 314 5 441 (5 351 to 5 531) 22.5 87.0
Unknown 12 749 2 450 (2 390 to 2 510) 10.1 97.1
All 125 970 24 207 (24 018 to 24 396) 100.0 100.0