Table 3 Leading ICD Chapters for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal episodes, by frequent use intensity and duration, 2005–2013
From: Frequent use of hospital inpatient services during a nine year period: a retrospective cohort study
Aboriginal | Non-Aboriginal | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Single FU year | |||
v high usersa (%) n = 4 871 | (%) n = 10 577 | ||
21.2 | health status & health services factors | 38.4 | health status & health services factors |
12.2 | pregnancy-related conditions | 10.0 | neoplasms |
10.3 | injury, poisoning & external causes | 9.2 | pregnancy-related conditions |
high usersb (%) n = 15 592 | (%) n = 16 067 | ||
19.0 | pregnancy-related conditions | 20.2 | pregnancy-related conditions |
16.4 | injury, poisoning & external causes | 11.0 | health status & health services factors |
8.9 | respiratory diseases | 8.8 | digestive system diseases |
often usersc (%) n = 17 633 | (%) n = 17 698 | ||
19.1 | pregnancy-related conditions | 19.6 | pregnancy-related conditions |
18.3 | injury, poisoning & external causes | 11.4 | diseases of the digestive system |
8.8 | respiratory diseases | 9.4 | injury, poisoning & external causes |
Multiple FU years | |||
v high users (%) n = 12 216 | (%) n = 10 973 | ||
19.9 | respiratory diseases | 35.2 | health status & health services factors |
13.6 | symptoms, & abnormal findings, not elsewhere classified | 11.7 | endocrine diseases |
10.6 | injury, poisoning & external causes | 8.2 | blood & blood forming organs diseases |
high users (%) n = 28 009 | (%) n = 13 025 | ||
18.2 | injury, poisoning & external causes | 11.0 | symptoms & abnormal findings, not elsewhere classified |
14.4 | respiratory diseases | 10.0 | circulatory system diseases |
9.6 | Symptoms & abnormal findings, not elsewhere classified | 10.0 | respiratory diseases |
often users (%) n = 12 216 | (%) n = 6 613 | ||
18.5 | injury, poisoning & external causes | 11.3 | respiratory diseases |
11.8 | respiratory diseases | 10.9 | symptoms & abnormal findings, not elsewhere classified |
10.2 | pregnancy-related conditions | 10.5 | circulatory system diseases |