Acute appendicitis
Description
appendicitis: Acute inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | K11_APPENDACUT |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: K35, ICD-9: 540, ICD-8: 540 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: K35, ICD-9: 540, ICD-8: 540 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 9645 | 5041 | 4604 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 7.28 | 6.71 | 8.02 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 34.18 | 33.27 | 35.18 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 2.48 | 2.46 | 2.5 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 0.59 | 0.42 | 0.78 |