Other disorders of ear

Description

auditory system disease: Pathological processes of the ear, the hearing, and the equilibrium system of the body.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode H8_OTHEREAR
Include H8_CONSENHEARINGLOSS, H8_OTHHEARINGLOSS, H8_OTALGIA, H8_OTORRHOEA, H8_OTORRHAGIA, H8_DEGVASCEAR, H8_TINNITUS, H8_ABNAUDPER, H8_ACOUSNERVDIS, H8_EARNAS, H8_POSTOP
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 2
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 2742
GWAS catalog 1001455
SNOMED CT 362966006

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 13311 6997 6314
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 10.04 9.31 11.0
Mean age at first event (years) 60.56 59.57 61.65
Median number of events / individual 2 2 2

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 43.75 43.45 44.09
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 4.39 3.54 5.32

Associations