Bacterial meningitis

bacterial meningitis: Inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord due to a bacterial infection.

Endpoint definition

Name G6_MENINGBACT
Long name Bacterial meningitis
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: G01/G00, ICD-9: 320, ICD-8: 320
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: G00/G01, ICD-9: 320, ICD-8: 320
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 574 297 277
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.26 0.24 0.29
Mean age at first event (years) 31.32 29.72 33.04
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 4.70 2.36 7.22

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1.0 1.0 1.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 8.54 7.74 9.39

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Bacterial meningitis
after Bacterial meningitis

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Bacterial meningitis