Diseases of vocal cords and larynx+other diseases of upper respiratory tract, no elsewhere classified

Description

laryngeal disease: A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the larynx. Representative examples include laryngitis, vocal cord polyp, squamous papilloma, and carcinoma. [database_cross_reference: NCIT:P378]

Data source
FinnGen phenocode J10_VOCALLARYNX
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: J34/J39/J38, ICD-9: 478, ICD-8: 508
Hospital Discharge registry: exclude ICD-8 50803
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: J38/J39/J34, ICD-9: 478, ICD-8: 508
Cause of Death registry: exclude ICD-8 50803
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 786
GWAS catalog 0009673
MESH D007818
SNOMED CT 60600009

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 5896 2845 3051
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 4.45 3.79 5.31
Mean age at first event (years) 48.22 47.29 49.09
Median number of events / individual 1 1 2

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 41.18 40.95 41.4
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 2.2 1.72 2.65

Associations