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.