Diseases of appendix
Description
appendicitis: Acute inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | K11_APPENDIX |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: K36/K38/K37/K35 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: K37/K36/K38/K35 |
| Include | K11_APPENDACUT, K11_APPENDOTH, K11_OTHAPPEND |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 2 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 10423 | 5498 | 4925 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 7.86 | 7.32 | 8.58 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 33.79 | 32.89 | 34.79 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 2.88 | 2.86 | 2.9 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 0.58 | 0.4 | 0.77 |