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Table 2 Characteristics of included patients and their corresponding ICD codes.

From: Validity of registration of ICD codes and prescriptions in a research database in Swedish primary care: a cross-sectional study in Skaraborg primary care database

 

All patients (n = 32846)

Random sample (n = 1200)

Characteristics of patients

   

   Age

   

Range

4-106

28-95

Median

70

69

   Sex

   

Female

18206 (55%)

630 (52%)

Male

14639 (45%)

570 (48%)

ICD-codes

 

In SPCD

After validation

   Hypertension

18928 (58%)

696 (58%)

838 (70%)

   Ischemic heart disease

6082 (19%)

245 (20%)

320 (27%)

   Congestive heart failure

2687 (8%)

100 (8%)

152 (13%)

   Diabetes

5373 (16%)

200 (17%)

225 (19%)

   None of these diagnoses

8197 (25%)

283 (24%)

134 (11%)

  1. Extracted from SPCD during 1st May 2002 - 31st October 2003 (n = 32846)