Paraplegia, diplegia of upper limbs
Description
paraplegia: Complete paralysis of the lower half of the body including both legs, often caused by damage to the spinal cord. [database_cross_reference: NCIT:P378]
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | G6_PARDIPLE |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: G822/G820/G830/G821, ICD-8: 34401 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: G820/G822/G821/G830, ICD-8: 34401 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 159 | 83 | 76 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.13 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 51.61 | 50.13 | 53.23 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 32.7 | 31.33 | 34.21 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 15.09 | 14.46 | 15.79 |