Table 5.

The ICD-10 codes and ATC codes as the basis of morbidity variables

Disease or disease group	ICD-10 codes	ATC codes
Arthritis or osteoarthritis	M05–M06, M15–M19	M01 Antirheumatic drugs
Cancer	C00–C97	L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents
Chronic asthma, COPD, other respiratory diseases	J00–J99	R03 Drugs for obstructive airway diseases
Dementia	F00–F03 or G30	N06D Anti-dementia drugs
Diabetes	E10–E14	A10 Drugs used in diabetes
Hip fracture	S72
Ischemic and other heart diseasesa	I20–I25, I30–I425, I427–I52	C01D Vasodilators used in cardiac diseases
Other diseases of the circulatory system	I00–I15, I26–I28, I70–I99
Parkinson’s disease or other neurological diseases	G00–G99 excluding G30, Alzheimer’s disease	N04 Antiparkinson drugs
Psychosis, depression, other mental health disorders	F04–F99	N05 Psycholeptic drugsb
Stroke	I60–I69

^aExcluding rheumatic and alcoholic heart diseases

^bExcluding N05C hypnotic and sedative drugs