Sudden idiopathic hearing loss

sensorineural hearing loss: Hearing loss in which the root cause lies in the inner ear or sensory organ (cochlea and associated structures) or the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII).

Endpoint definition

Name H8_HL_IDIOP
Long name Sudden idiopathic hearing loss
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: H912
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: H912
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF2
Latin name Hypacusis acuta idiopathica

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 1491 786 705
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.69 0.64 0.75
Mean age at first event (years) 56.49 55.12 58.02
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 2.21 1.53 2.98

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 2.0 1.0 2.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 45.14 42.88 47.66

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Sudden idiopathic hearing loss
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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Sudden idiopathic hearing loss