Table 1

Number and percentage of hospital admissions by gender and cause of admission to hospital in the study population

Cause of	ICD-10	Men		Women
admission	chapter	No.	%	No.	%
Stroke	I.61—I.64	11 919	34.8	12 227	38.9
MI	I.21—I.22	10 482	30.6	6736	21.4
COPD	J.40—J.47	4335	12.7	5530	17.6
GIC	C.15—C.26	7465	21.8	6928	22
Total	-	34 201	100.0	31 421	100.0

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GIC, gastrointestinal cancers; MI, myocardial infarction.