Contact urticaria

urticaria: A vascular reaction of the skin characterized by erythema and wheal formation due to localized increase of vascular permeability. The causative mechanism may be allergy, infection, or stress.

Endpoint definition

Name L12_URTIGA_CONTACT
Long name Contact urticaria
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: L506
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: L506
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF2
Latin name Urticaria ex contactu

Summary Statistics

Key figures

All Female Male
Number of individuals 35 22 13
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.02 0.02 0.01
Mean age at first event (years) 43.95 46.04 40.43
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 2.86 0.00 7.69

Longitudinal metrics

All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1.0 1.0 1.0
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 14.29 22.73 -

Survival analyses between endpoints

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before Contact urticaria
after Contact urticaria

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Drugs most likely to be purchased after Contact urticaria