Table 2.
Hospital diagnoses (ICD-10 chapters) sorted by cumulative mortality of 290,468 patient contacts to the EDs of the North Denmark Regional Hospital and Aalborg University Hospital during 2014–2016
| Cumulative number of deaths day 1 | 1-day mortality percent (95% CI) | Cumulative number of deaths day 30 | 30-day mortality Percent (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICD-10 Chapter | N | % | N | % |
| Symptoms and signs | 174 | 0.37(0.32–0.43) | 1845 | 3.95(3.78–4.13) |
| Respiratory diseases | 261 | 1.65(1.46–1.86) | 1335 | 8.44(8.02–8.88) |
| Circulatory diseases | 463 | 2.82(2.58–3.08) | 1234 | 7.51(7.12–7.92) |
| Other factors | 235 | 0.56(0.49–0.63) | 1198 | 2.84(2.69–3.00) |
| Injuries and poisoning | 68 | 0.06(0.05–0.08) | 958 | 0.86(0.81–0.92) |
| Digestive diseases | 78 | 0.51(0.41–0.64) | 524 | 3.44(3.16–3.74) |
| Endocrine diseases | 31 | 0.59(0.41–0.83) | 472 | 8.95(8.21–9.75) |
| Infections | 110 | 1.55(1.29–1.87) | 468 | 6.61(6.06–7.22) |
| Other chapters | 19 | 0.09(0.06–0.14) | 261 | 1.20(1.06–1.35) |
| Genitourinary diseases | 14 | 0.25(0.15–0.41) | 211 | 3.69(3.24–4.22) |
| Blood diseases | 14 | 0.69(0.41–1.15) | 142 | 6.95(5.93–8.14) |
| Neoplasms | 14 | 1.61(0.95–2.70) | 124 | 14.22(12.07–16.72) |
| Total | 1481 | 0.51(0.48–0.54) | 8772 | 3.02(2.96–3.08) |