Other appendicitis
Description
appendicitis: Acute inflammation of the vermiform appendix.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | K11_APPENDOTH |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: K37/K36, ICD-9: 541/542, ICD-8: 541|542 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: K36/K37, ICD-9: 541/542, ICD-8: 541|542 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 833 | 461 | 372 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.65 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 30.2 | 29.58 | 30.96 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 2.04 | 2.82 | 1.08 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 0.72 | 0.43 | 1.08 |