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Table 1 Absolute frequency and rates of hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions per 10,000 inhabitants according to diagnostic groups

From: Hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions as an indicator of access to primary care and excess of bed supply

Diagnosis

All ages

0–14

15–64

65 and over

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

Bacterial pneumonia

402,979 (43.7)

232,647 (71.7)

64,523 (22.5)

105,809 (34.1)

Kidney/urinary infection

99,001 (10.7)

16,266 (5.0)

46,318 (16.2)

36,417 (11.7)

Angina

92,993 (10.1)

5 (0.0)

46,475 (16.2)

46,513 (15.0)

Severe ENT infections

70,559 (7.7)

38,038 (11.7)

26,686 (9.3)

5835 (1.9)

Asthma

43,019 (4.7)

11,173 (3.4)

15,671 (5.5)

16,175 (5.2)

Hypertension

42,522 (4.6)

34 (0.0)

16,067 (5.6)

26,421 (8.5)

Cellulitis

39,126 (4.2)

4339 (1.3)

24,657 (8.6)

10,130 (3.3)

Congestive heart failure

32,039 (3.5)

18 (0.0)

5380 (1.9)

26,641 (8.6)

COPD

29,469 (3.2)

662 (0.2)

9948 (3.5)

18,859 (6.1)

Convulsions

19,433 (2.1)

13,563 (4.2)

4546 (1.6)

1324 (0.4)

Diabetes

19,012 (2.1)

450 (0.1)

8658 (3.0)

9904 (3.2)

Epilepsy

18,290 (2.0)

5888 (1.8)

9964 (3.5)

2438 (0.8)

Gastroenteritis

12,668 (1.4)

1535 (0.5)

7577 (2.6)

3556 (1.1)

Total

92,110 (100.0)

324,618 (100.0)

286,470 (100.0)

921,110 (100.0)

  1. ENT Ear, nose, and throat, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The figures for the group “all ages” (first column) were adapted from references [32, 33]