Table 5

10 most treated conditions during hospital admission by sex

MaleFemale
ConditionNN %ConditionNN %
Epilepsy545329.41Epilepsy423824.10
Diabetes451924.37Chronic airway diseases400222.76
Chronic airway diseases361919.52Diabetes381421.69
Mental illness325217.54Thyroid disorders299517.03
Cancer224312.10Mental illness276315.71
Chronic kidney disease193310.43Cancer257514.64
Coronary heart disease17839.62Chronic kidney disease210411.96
Thyroid disorders16608.95Chronic arthritis15068.56
Cardiac arrhythmias14657.90Cardiac arrhythmias12507.11
Cerebral palsy14647.90Cerebral palsy11186.36
  • N is the absolute count whereby a condition was treated during a hospital admission in the cohort. N % is the percentage of total admissions that required hospital treatment for the named condition.