Table 3 Emergency hospitalizations to the Royal Darwin Hospital for the dry seasons 1996–2005.
Total population | Non-Indigenous admissions | Indigenous admissions | Percent < 15 yrs (total population) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population in each group | 109,478 | 97,887 | 11,591 | ||||||
Diagnosis | ICD9 | ICD10 | Counts | Percentage | Counts | Percentage | Counts | Percentage | |
Cardiovascular | |||||||||
Total | 390–459 | I00-I99 | 3443 | 100% | 2854 | 100% | 589 | 100% | 1% |
IHD | 410–414 | I20-I25 | 1533 | 45% | 1287 | 45% | 246 | 42% | 0% |
Other | - | - | 1910 | 55% | 1567 | 55% | 343 | 58% | 2% |
Respiratory | |||||||||
Total | 460–519 | J00-J99 | 4836 | 100% | 3551 | 100% | 1285 | 100% | 40% |
Asthma | 493 | J45-J46 | 1008 | 21% | 776 | 22% | 232 | 18% | 58% |
COPD | 490–492, 494–496 | J40-J44, J47, J67 | 995 | 21% | 753 | 21% | 242 | 19% | 1% |
Infections | 461–466, 480–487, 514 | J00-J22 | 2409 | 50% | 1681 | 47% | 728 | 57% | 53% |
Other | - | - | 424 | 9% | 341 | 10% | 83 | 6% | 16% |