Lichen simplex chronicus
Description
lichen disease: a long-term skin condition that mainly affects the skin of the genitals. It usually causes itching and white patches to appear on the affected skin.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | L12_LICHENSIMPLEX |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: L280, ICD-9: 6983B, ICD-8: 6983 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: L280, ICD-9: 6983B, ICD-8: 6983 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 259 | 140 | 119 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.2 | 0.19 | 0.21 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 51.94 | 50.92 | 53.14 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 30.5 | 30.0 | 31.09 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 3.09 | 2.14 | 4.2 |