Otitis media, unspecified

Description

Otitis media: Inflammation of the anatomical structures of the middle ear, which is most often caused by an infectious process. Symptoms include erythema and edema of the tympanic membrane, pain, and possibly fever.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode H8_OTIMEDNAS
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: H669, ICD-8: 3819
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: H669, ICD-8: 3819
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 10754
GWAS catalog 0004992
MESH D010033
SNOMED CT 65363002

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 898 510 388
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.68 0.68 0.68
Mean age at first event (years) 28.88 28.58 29.27
Median number of events / individual 1 1 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 9.24 8.63 10.05
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 1.22 0.59 2.06

Associations