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Table 4. Top 10 Principal Diagnoses by Age Group
| Top 10 Principal Diagnoses* by Age Group |
Number of Discharges for this Condition (in thousands) by Age Group |
| |
< 1 Year |
1-17 Years |
18-44 Years |
45-64 Years |
65-79 Years |
80+ Years |
| Total number of discharges (in thousands) |
4,751 |
1,711 |
10,123 |
8,023 |
7,912 |
5,280 |
| Newborn infant |
4,154 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Acute bronchitis |
113 |
36 |
|
|
|
|
| Other conditions occurring around the time of birth |
55 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Pneumonia |
46 |
120 |
118 |
240 |
370 |
380 |
| Hemolytic jaundice and perinatal jaundice (infant jaundice following birth) |
39 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Fluid and electrolyte disorders (primarily dehydration and fluid overload) |
25 |
75 |
|
|
|
178 |
| Premature birth and low birthweight |
22 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Urinary infections |
19 |
|
|
|
|
148 |
| Viral infection (not pneumonia, gastroenteritis, or HIV) |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Fever of unknown origin |
17 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Asthma |
|
128 |
|
|
|
|
| Appendicitis |
|
74 |
140 |
|
|
|
| Affective or mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorder) |
|
60 |
347 |
175 |
|
|
| Epilepsy, convulsions |
|
49 |
|
|
|
|
| Chemotherapy and radiation therapy |
|
34 |
|
|
|
|
| Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections |
|
32 |
|
|
|
|
| Other infections of upper respiratory tract (nose, throat, trachea) |
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
| Spondylosis, intervertebral disc disorders (back problems, disorders of intervertebral discs and bones in spinal column) |
|
|
192 |
248 |
|
|
| Chest pain |
|
|
171 |
402 |
219 |
|
| Schizophrenia |
|
|
164 |
|
|
|
| Gallbladder disease |
|
|
151 |
|
|
|
| Benign tumor of uterus |
|
|
138 |
|
|
|
| Drug abuse disorders |
|
|
128 |
|
|
|
| Diabetes mellitus with complications |
|
|
123 |
|
|
|
| Hardening of the heart arteries and other heart disease |
|
|
|
518 |
530 |
179 |
| Heart attack (acute myocardial infarction) |
|
|
|
258 |
274 |
188 |
| Congestive heart failure |
|
|
|
214 |
410 |
395 |
| Complication of medical device, implant, or graft |
|
|
|
201 |
|
|
| Osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease) |
|
|
|
186 |
276 |
|
| Chronic obstructive lung disease |
|
|
|
178 |
285 |
|
| Cardiac dysrhythmias (irregular heart beat) |
|
|
|
|
293 |
203 |
| Acute cerebrovascular disease (stroke) |
|
|
|
|
212 |
194 |
| Rehabilitation care, fitting of prostheses, and adjustment of devices |
|
|
|
|
207 |
141 |
| Hip fracture |
|
|
|
|
|
185 |
* Excludes pregnancy-related conditions.
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