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Table 5 Patient distribution according to the ICPC-2 classification system with frequencies, rate and national estimate per year

From: The epidemiology of medical emergency contacts outside hospitals in Norway - a prospective population based study

ICPC symptoms

ICPC-code (n)

N

%

Rate per

1000/year

National

estimate/year

Cardiovascular

 

1 389

28

6.8

31 100

   Chest/heart pain

A11 (808) K01 (513)

    

   Other cardiovascular symptoms

K29 (68)

    

Loss of consciousness

 

945

19

4.6

21 200

   Syncope/coma

A06/07 (945)

    

Respiratory

 

472

10

2.3

10 600

   Dyspnoea/breathing problems

R02/04 (430)

    

   Other respiratory symptoms

R29 (42)

    

Neurological

 

592

11

2.9

13 300

   Convulsion

N07 (324)

    

   Other neurological symptoms

N29 (268)

    

Digestive

 

195

4

1.0

4 400

   Abdominal pain/cramps

D01 (113)

    

   Other digestive symptoms

D29 (82)

    

Psychiatric

 

296

6

1.5

6 600

   Acute alcohol abuse

P16 (113)

    

   Other psychiatric symptoms

P29 (182)

    

Injury/trauma

 

531

11

2.6

11 900

   Laceration/cut, skin

S18 (101)

    

   Other skin symptoms other

S29 (34)

    

   Other musculoskeletal symptoms

L29 (396)

    

Other

 

465

10

2.3

10 400

   Endocrine/metabolic symptoms

T29 (11)

    

   Urinary/male genital symptoms

U29 (7) Y29 (5)

    

   Pregnancy/female genital symptoms

W29 (106) X29 (1)

    

   Assault/harmful event/problem

Z25 (12)

    

   General symptoms

A29 (317)

    

   Eye symptoms

F29 (6)

    

Not classified

 

39

1

0.2

 

Subtotal

 

4 924

100

24.2

110 000

Excluded patients

 

256

 

1.3

 

Total

 

5 180

 

25.5

116 000