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. 2020 Feb 23;79(1):1731059. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2020.1731059

Table 2.

Top hospital discharge diagnoses in respiratory hospitalisations in childhood (<5 years old) and adulthood (≥20 years old) for Yukon Kuskokwim Delta adults with childhood bronchiectasis

Rank <5 years Diagnosis
(N = 305)
N (%) ≥20 years Diagnosis
(N = 98) †
N (%)
1 Pneumonia 81 (27) Bronchiectasis 39 (40)
2 Asthma/wheezing 38 (13) Pneumonia 25 (26)
3 Bronchiolitis 30 (10) Asthma/wheezing 9 (9)

† One patient accounted for 42 (43%) of adult hospitalisations. Removing this patient, there were 56 total hospital diagnosis codes. Seventeen (30% of diagnosis codes) were bronchiectasis, 16 (29% of codes) were pneumonia, and 8 (14% of codes) were asthma.