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Table 3 The completeness of E-coding among burn and combustion gas poisoning records

From: Methodological challenges in using the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register for studying fire-related injuries leading to inpatient care

 

Burns

Combustion gas poisonings

Year

n

Unspecific (%)

Missing (%)

n

Unspecific (%)

Missing (%)

1996

1813

1.9

65.6

126

0

77

1997

1834

4.1

53.3

104

0

66

1998

1675

5.6

25.5

110

5

26

1999

1664

4.2

12.6

143

2

27

2000

1749

3.7

10.9

107

5

14

2001

1693

4.7

10.2

104

1

19

2002

1577

6.4

8.6

111

5

8

2003

1603

8.3

10.5

132

12

11

2004

1577

7.9

8.6

130

6

11

2005

1586

9.8

7.3

110

14

7

2006

1559

9.6

7.9

132

5

5

2007

1375

9.8

3.9

135

10

4

2008

1543

13.6

4.5

177

9

5

2009

1429

11.4

2.3

185

11

10

  1. Proportions (%) of unspecific (ICD-10: X58-X59) and missing E-codes in the single discharge records with burns (ICD-10: T20-T32) and combustion gas poisoning (ICD-10: T58-T59) as the main diagnosis and number of records (n) by year of admission.