Table 1.
Characteristics of consultations in an emergency medical centre in Dakar, Senegal
| ICD-10 | Africans (n=49 702) | Other (n=48 731) | |||||
| Women (n=27 529) |
Men (n=22 173) |
P value* | Women (n=24 571) |
Men (n=24 160) |
P value* | ||
| Age at consultation, mean (SD) | 36.5 (23.0) | 34.8 (24.3) | <0.0001 | 30.0 (20.8) | 29.7 (22.3) | <0.0001 | |
| ICD, n (%) | |||||||
| Infectious and parasitic diseases | A00-B99 | 4049 (14.71) | 3450 (15.56) | 0.0084 | 5128 (20.87) | 4879 (20.19) | 0.0649 |
| Neoplasms | C00-D48 | 11 (0.04) | 4 (0.02) | 0.1620 | 5 (0.02) | 6 (0.02) | 0.4718 |
| Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism | D50-D89 | 90 (0.33) | 52 (0.23) | 0.0550 | 20 (0.08) | 23 (0.1) | 0.6079 |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases | E00-E90 | 374 (1.36) | 340 (1.53) | 0.1035 | 74 (0.3) | 64 (0.26) | 0.4513 |
| Mental and behavioural disorders | F00-F99 | 1456 (5.29) | 487 (2.2) | <0.0001 | 703 (2.86) | 400 (1.66) | <0.0001 |
| Diseases of the nervous system | G00-G99 | 314 (1.14) | 319 (1.44) | 0.0032 | 98 (0.4) | 106 (0.44) | 0.4952 |
| Diseases of the eye and adnexa | H00-H59 | 147 (0.53) | 116 (0.52) | 0.8687 | 204 (0.83) | 212 (0.88) | 0.5709 |
| Diseases of the ear and mastoid process | H60-H95 | 497 (1.81) | 441 (1.99) | 0.1350 | 1135 (4.62) | 1386 (5.74) | <0.0001 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | I00-I99 | 1058 (3.84) | 933 (4.21) | 0.0394 | 236 (0.96) | 371 (1.54) | <0.0001 |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | J00-J99 | 6739 (24.48) | 5719 (25.79) | 0.0008 | 7588 (30.88) | 7337 (30.37) | 0.2188 |
| Diseases of the digestive system | K00-K93 | 1032 (3.75) | 859 (3.87) | 0.4679 | 845 (3.44) | 764 (3.16) | 0.0874 |
| Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | L00-L99 | 457 (1.66) | 385 (1.74) | 0.5124 | 856 (3.48) | 975 (4.04) | 0.0014 |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | M00-M99 | 979 (3.56) | 728 (3.28) | 0.0967 | 774 (3.15) | 787 (3.26) | 0.5008 |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system | N00-N99 | 686 (2.49) | 366 (1.65) | <0.0001 | 765 (3.11) | 546 (2.26) | <0.0001 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | O00-O99 | 99 (0.36) | NA | NA | 42 (0.17) | NA | NA |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | Q00-Q99 | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 0.8782 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | / |
| Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | R00-R99 | 6739 (24.48) | 4625 (20.86) | <0.0001 | 3633 (14.79) | 3404 (14.09) | 0.0288 |
| Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes | S00-T98 | 1921 (6.98) | 2471 (11.14) | <0.0001 | 1778 (7.24) | 2113 (8.75) | <0.0001 |
| Factors influencing health status and contact with health services | Z00-Z99 | 880 (3.2) | 873 (3.94) | <0.0001 | 687 (2.8) | 786 (3.25) | 0.0032 |
| Diagnostic group, n (%) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | |||||
| Non-communicable diseases | 11 036 (40.09) | 7135 (32.18) | <0.0001 | 5791 (23.57) | 5320 (22.02) | <0.0001 | |
| Infectious diseases | 11 798 (42.86) | 10 256 (46.25) | <0.0001 | 15 540 (63.25) | 15 232 (63.05) | 0.6490 | |
| Other diseases | 4695 (17.05) | 4782 (21.57) | <0.0001 | 3240 (13.19) | 3608 (14.93) | <0.0001 | |
*P value of comparisons between men and women; the mapped ICD-10 to chronic disease is included in the online supplementary data.
ICD, International Classification of Diseases; NA, not applicable.