Impact of the warm summer 2015 on emergency hospital admissions in Switzerland

Table 1 Number of emergency hospital admissions during the summer months for selected diagnoses in Switzerland during the hot summer 2015

Diagnose	ICD-10-Code	June–August 2015
		Total	Per 100,000 inhabitants^a	Daily admissions
		Total	Per 100,000 inhabitants^a	Mean	SD	Min	Max
Total, all-cause	A00-Z99	144′687	1′739	1′573	180	1′197	1′927
Total, non-external causes^b	A00-R99, T67	117′280	1′410	1′275	169	965	1′581
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases	A00-B99	8′148	98	89	14	54	128
Mental and behavioral disorders	F00-F99	11′362	137	124	23	65	160
Diseases of the nervous system	G00-G99	4′295	52	47	9	24	76
Diseases of the circulatory system	I00-I99	17′293	208	188	31	110	252
Ischemic heart diseases	I20-I25	3′850	46	42	9	16	64
Acute myocardial infarction	I21	2′814	34	31	7	14	48
Cerebrovascular diseases	I60-I69	3′355	40	36	8	20	53
Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries	I70-I79	938	11	10	5	2	22
Diseases of the respiratory system	J00-J99	8′399	101	91	18	58	138
Upper respiratory tract	J00-J06, J30-J39	1′248	15	14	3	6	20
Influenza and pneumonia	J09-J18	3′284	39	36	9	16	55
Lower respiratory tract	J20-J22, J40-J47	2′537	30	28	9	12	56
Diseases of the digestive system	K00-K93	16′159	194	176	29	114	236
Diseases of the genitourinary system	N00-N99	8′758	105	95	16	64	131
External causes of morbidity ^c	S00-T98, V01-Y84, Z00-Z99, U00-U99	27′474	330	299	32	210	374
Effects of heat and light	T67	67	0.8	0.7	1.4	0	9

^aPopulation on December 31
^bExternal causes of morbidity are excluded expect effects of heat and light (T67). Includes diseases not specifically assessed in this study: Neoplasms (C00-D48); Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D90); Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90); Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59), Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95); Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99); Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99); Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99); Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96); Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99); R00-R99 (Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified)
^cIncludes the following ICD-10 codes: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98; External causes of morbidity (V01-Y84); Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99); Codes for special purposes (U00-U99)
SD standard deviation, Min minimum, Max maximum

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