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Table 2 Numbers and change in given diagnoses in emergency department visits in the participating hospitals six weeks before and six weeks after the start of emergency on March 16

From: The effect of national lockdown due to COVID-19 on emergency department visits

 

six weeks before

six weeks after

 
 

n

n

Change (%)

Total number of visits

22,069

18,584

−15.8

Visits due:

 -Back or limb pain (M00-M99)

1333

916

−31.3

 -Cerebral infarction (I60-I69)

308

311

1.0

 -COVID19 suspect (U07)a

2

262

13,000

 -Gastrointestinal disease (K00-K99)

1111

981

−11.7

 -Infectious diseases (A00-B99)

741

537

−27.5

 -Injury (S00-S99 & T00-T49)

3804

3128

−17.8

 -Myocardial infarction (I20-I25)

348

348

0.0

 -Other

9404

8030

−14.6

 -Other heart disease (I30-I52)

1284

1066

−17.0

 -Psychiatric disease (F00-F99)

1024

834

−18.6

 -Respiratory infection (J00-J99)

1818

1431

−21.3

 -Urinary disease (N00-N99)

892

740

−17.0

  1. aICD-10 code U07.1 was introduced in Finland on March 11, meaning that the visits due to suspected or diagnosed COVID-19 infection were coded to different categories prior to its introduction