Acute appendicitis

appendicitis: Acute inflammation of the vermiform appendix.

Endpoint definition

Name K11_APPENDACUT
Long name Acute appendicitis
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: K35, ICD-9: 540, ICD-8: 540
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: K35, ICD-9: 540, ICD-8: 540
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Latin name Appendicitis acuta

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 15627 8315 7312
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 7.20 6.77 7.77
Mean age at first event (years) 33.93 32.68 35.36
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 0.51 0.32 0.71

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1.0 1.0 1.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 2.55 2.61 2.48

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Acute appendicitis
after Acute appendicitis

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Acute appendicitis