Degeneration of macula and posterior pole
Description
No definition available.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | H7_MACULADEGEN |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-8: 37710 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-8: 37710 |
| Include | DRY_AMD, WET_AMD, MACULAR_CYST, MACULAR_HOLE, MACULAR_PUCKER, MACULA_NAS |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 3680 | 2098 | 1582 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 2.78 | 2.79 | 2.76 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 70.18 | 70.45 | 69.83 |
| Median number of events / individual | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 56.77 | 57.2 | 56.19 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 7.85 | 7.24 | 8.66 |