Repeating cardiopulmonary health effects in rural North Carolina population during a second large peat wildfire

Table 1 Frequency of ED discharge codes by age and gender

	Youth (<18)	Mid-age^a (18–64)	Elderly (65+)	All adults^b			Total^c
				F	M	All
Respiratory/other chest symptoms (786)	2,338	11,246	3,449	8,586	6,108	14,695	17,033
All-cause respiratory^d	5,562	10,678	3,644	9,198	5,123	14,322	19,884
Asthma (493)	1,939	3,718	-^e	3,111	1,201	4,312	6,251
Chronic pulmonary conditions^f	-	2,726	1,905	2,621	2,009	4,631	5,161
Upper respiratory infections^g	2,794	3,428	-	2,551	1,112	3,663	6,457
All-cause cardiac^h	-	4,438	8,313	6,820	5,931	12,751	12,751
Cardiac dysrhythmia (427)	-	1,269	2,712	2,126	1,855	3,981	3,981
Heart failure (428)	-	1,604	3,114	2,636	2,082	4,718	4,718
Hypertension (401)	-	4,186	3,796	4,750	3,232	7,982	7,982
Total	7,900	30,548	19,202	29,354	20,394	49,750	57,650

^a Minimum age for “Mid-age” and “All adults” is 18 years for Respiratory/other chest symptoms and Respiratory diagnoses, and 45 years for Cardiac diagnoses and Hypertension
^b “All adults” includes “Mid-age” and “Elderly”
^{c “}Total” includes “All adults” and “Youth” (where applicable)
^d All-cause respiratory ICD-9-CM codes: 460:466, 480:486, 490:493, 496
^e This symbol (-) represents a subset in which counts were not high enough to afford statistical analysis
^f ICD-9-CM codes 490, 491, 492, 496
^g ICD-9-CM codes 460–465
^h All-cause cardiac ICD-9-CM-CM codes: 410, 411, 413, 415, 416, 417, 420:429, 434, 435, 444, 445, 451

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