TABLE 2.
Active Diagnoses (ICD-10) at the Moment of Prescription, Stratified by Patient and Prescription Level, Between July 2017 and June 2018 in Catalonia
| Diagnoses (ICD-10 Code Groups) | Patient Level (n = 715 895) | Prescription Level (n = 1 539 003) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A–B) | 164 338 | 22.96 | 295 024 | 19.17 |
| Neoplasms (C–D48) | 34 128 | 4.77 | 74 068 | 4.81 |
| Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50–D89) | 20 030 | 2.80 | 43 438 | 2.82 |
| Diabetes mellitus (E10–E14) | 1307 | 0.18 | 2673 | 0.17 |
| Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E) | 73 233 | 10.23 | 152 554 | 9.91 |
| Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset in childhood (F90, F91, F93–F95) | 39 775 | 5.56 | 80 254 | 5.21 |
| Other mental and behavioral disorders (F) | 75 912 | 10.60 | 157 187 | 10.21 |
| Diseases of the nervous system (G) | 20 440 | 2.86 | 43 059 | 2.80 |
| Diseases of the eye and adnexa; of the ear and mastoid process (H) | 271 281 | 37.89 | 500 895 | 32.55 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system (I) | 110 213 | 15.40 | 230 795 | 15.00 |
| Asthma (J44–J46, J82) | 44 039 | 6.15 | 103 925 | 6.75 |
| Other diseases of the respiratory system (J) | 447 194 | 62.47 | 890 962 | 57.89 |
| Diseases of the digestive system (K) | 307 781 | 42.99 | 596 489 | 38.76 |
| Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L) | 354 843 | 49.57 | 690 427 | 44.86 |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M) | 130 775 | 18.27 | 252 301 | 16.39 |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system (N) | 61 282 | 8.56 | 121 441 | 7.89 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O) | 1679 | 0.23 | 3394 | 0.22 |
| Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P) | 25 905 | 3.62 | 56 797 | 3.69 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q) | 89 335 | 12.48 | 197 586 | 12.84 |
| Symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R) | 370 847 | 51.80 | 698 404 | 45.38 |
| External causes (S, T, V, X, Y)a | 79 449 | 11.10 | 139 263 | 9.05 |
a
Including injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes.