Table 1.
The most common causes for hospitalizations in 2005, 2011, and 2018 and their percentages of the total hospitalizations in each yeara,b
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2005 Total number of hospitalizations: 37 843 040 |
2011 Total number of hospitalizations: 36 962 415 |
2018 Total number of hospitalizations: 35 527 480 |
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| Diagnosis | N (%) | Diagnosis | N (%) | Diagnosis | N (%) | |
| 1 | Pneumonia (except that caused by tuberculosis or sexually transmitted disease) |
1 303 866
(3.4%) |
Pneumonia (except that caused by tuberculosis or sexually transmitted disease) |
1 060 729
(2.87%) |
Septicaemia |
2 219 455
(6.25%) |
| 2 | Coronary atherosclerosis and other heart disease |
1 075 776
(2.84%) |
Septicaemia (except in labor) |
1 045 574
(2.83%) |
Heart failure |
1 135 945
(3.20%) |
| 3 | Congestive heart failure; non-hypertensive |
1 053 079
(2.78%) |
Congestive heart failure; non-hypertensive |
928 265
(2.51%) |
Osteoarthritis |
1 128 058
(3.18%) |
| 4 | Non-specific chest pain |
798 188
(2.11%) |
Osteoarthritis |
924 227
(2.50%) |
Complications specified during childbirth |
745 020
(2.10%) |
| 5 | Obstetrics-related trauma to perineum and vulva |
759 675
(2.01%) |
Mood disorders |
861 785
(2.33%) |
Pneumonia (except that caused by tuberculosis) |
740 724
(2.08%) |
| 6 | Other complications of birth; puerperium affecting management of mother |
738 542
(1.95%) |
Cardiac dysrhythmias |
764 936
(2.07%) |
Diabetes mellitus with complication |
678 575
(1.91%) |
| 7 | Osteoarthritis |
715 924
(1.89%) |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis |
696 945
(1.89%) |
Acute myocardial infarction |
658 555
(1.85%) |
| 8 | Cardiac dysrhythmias |
674 175
(1.78%) |
Complication of device; implant or graft |
667 560
(1.81%) |
Cardiac dysrhythmias |
620 030
(1.75%) |
| 9 | Acute myocardial infarction |
641 717
(1.70%) |
Spondylosis; intervertebral disc disorders; other back problems |
644 648
(1.74%) |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis |
569 645
(1.60%) |
| 10 | Spondylosis; intervertebral disc disorders; other back problems |
627 920
(1.66%) |
Obstetrics-related trauma to perineum and vulva |
641 605
(1.74%) |
Acute and unspecified renal failure |
565 785
(1.59%) |
a
Childbirth was the most common coded cause of hospitalization throughout the study period.
b
The following categories have been used interchangeably for the table: (1) Pneumonia (except that caused by tuberculosis or sexually transmitted disease) and pneumonia (except that caused by tuberculosis); (2) other complications of birth, puerperium affecting management of mother, and complications specified during childbirth, (3) septicaemia (except in labor) and septicaemia; Ob, obstetrics; and (4) congestive heart failure (non-hypertensive) and heart failure.