Bell's palsy
Description
Bell's palsy: Partial or complete paralysis of the facial muscles of one side of a person's face. It is caused by damage to the seventh cranial nerve. It is usually temporary but it may recur.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | G6_BELLPA |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: G510, ICD-9: 3510A, ICD-8: 350 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: G510, ICD-9: 3510A, ICD-8: 350 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 1017 | 577 | 440 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.77 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 51.6 | 50.64 | 52.86 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 44.15 | 43.5 | 45.0 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 3.64 | 2.43 | 5.23 |