Keratitis
Description
keratitis: Inflammation of the cornea. [ NCIT:P378 ]
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | H7_KERATITIS |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: H18/H17/H16 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: H18/H16/H17 |
| Include | H7_CORNULCER, H7_KERATITISOTH, H7_CORNEALSCAR, H7_HERPESKERATITIS, H7_KERATITISINOTH |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 3324 | 1813 | 1511 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 2.51 | 2.41 | 2.63 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 50.7 | 51.16 | 50.16 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 20.01 | 20.9 | 18.93 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 3.52 | 2.81 | 4.37 |