Table 1

Annual prevalence rates of clusters of diseases presented in general practice (cases per 1000) (n = 345 143 unless stated otherwise)

Cluster	ICPC codes	N (abs)	Per 1000
Cardiovascular
High blood pressure (n = 273 925)	K85 K86 K87	24778	90.5
Cardiac disease	K71 K73 K74 K77 K78 K79 K80 K81 K82 K83 K84	9044	26.2
Coronary heart disease (n = 240 825)	K74 K75 K76	5804	24.1
Stroke, brain haemorrhage (n = 240 825)	K89 K90	2549	10.6
Musculoskeletal
Neck and back complaints	L01 L02 L03 L84 L86	32346	93.7
Severe back complaints	L02 L03 L85 L86	25230	73.1
Severe neck and shoulder complaints	L01 L08 L83 L92	21236	61.5
Severe elbow, wrist and hand complaints	L10 L11 L12 L72 L74	7698	22.3
Osteoarthritis (n = 240 825)	L89 L90 L91	4521	18.8
Arthritis (n = 240 825)	L88 T92	3170	13.2
Mental
Depression	P03 P76	8859	25.7
Anxiety disorder	P01 P74	8033	23.3
Respiratory
Upper respiratory tract infection	A77 R72 R74 R75 R76 R80	31457	91.1
Bronchi(oli)tis/pneumonia	R78 R81	10806	31.3
Asthma, COPD	R91 R95 R96	12813	37.1
Neurological
Migraine/severe headache	N01 N02 N03 N89 N90 N92	10629	30.8
Vertigo	N17	4023	11.7
Digestive
Severe intestinal complaints	D81 D85 D86 D92 D93 D94	5264	15.3
Infectious disease of the intestinal canal	D70 D73	3816	11.1
Miscellaneous
MUPS	A01 A04 D01 D08 D09 D12 D18 D21 D93 K01 K02 K04 L01 L02 L03 L08 L09 L14 L20 N01 N02 N17 P06 P20 R02 R21 T03 T07 T08	75774	219.5
Chronic eczema	S86 S87 S88	22303	64.6
Acute urinary tract infection	U70 U71 U72	13303	38.5
Diabetes (n = 290 479)	T88 T90	9260	31.9
Cancer	A79 B72 B73 B74 D74 D75 D76 D77 F74 H75 K72 L71 N74 R84 R85 S77 S80 T71 T73 U75 U76 U77 U79 W72 X75 X76 X77 X81 Y77 Y78	6086	17.6

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ICPC, International Classification of Primary Care; MUPS, medically unexplained physical symptoms.