Oher diseases of blood and blood-forming organs
Description
polycythemia: Abnormally high mass or concentration of red blood cells in the blood, either due to an increase in erythropoiesis or a decrease in plasma volume.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | D3_OTHERBLOOD |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: D75 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: D75 |
| Include | D3_FAMIERYTHROCYTOCIS, D3_SCNDPOLYCYTHAEMIA, D3_BLOODNAS |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 401 | 212 | 189 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.3 | 0.28 | 0.33 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 56.75 | 56.61 | 56.9 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 36.91 | 40.09 | 33.33 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 6.48 | 3.3 | 10.05 |