Pulmonary embolism

pulmonary embolism: The obstruction of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by an embolus, sometimes associated with infarction of the lung.

Endpoint definition

Name I9_PULMEMB
Long name Pulmonary embolism
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: I26, ICD-9: 415, ICD-8: 450
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: I26, ICD-9: 415, ICD-8: 450
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Latin name Embolia pulmonalis

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 4185 2233 1952
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 1.93 1.82 2.07
Mean age at first event (years) 61.67 60.83 62.63
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 16.27 14.42 18.39

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1.0 1.0 1.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 26.98 28.30 25.46

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Pulmonary embolism
after Pulmonary embolism

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Pulmonary embolism