Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids
Description
No definition available.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | J10_CHRONTONSADEN | 
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: J35, ICD-9: 474, ICD-8: 500 | 
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: J35, ICD-9: 474, ICD-8: 500 | 
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 | 
| First defined in version | DF2 | 
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male | 
| Number of individuals | 14200 | 9122 | 5078 | 
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 10.71 | 12.14 | 8.84 | 
| Mean age at first event (years) | 19.76 | 20.59 | 18.27 | 
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 | 
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male | 
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 7.18 | 7.85 | 5.97 | 
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.2 |