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4.1: Thirty most common diagnoses managed in public clinics in 2014
Rank Diagnosis
nweighted count
n
A B C D
760 Weighted
count n
A B EC
D F GF H
Percent
I J
total diagnoses
n
A BE C
D FG F H
Rate per 100 encounters
K LM
CI n
A N
C N
D
624
1 Hypertension - a
OO P
4,966 43,597
21.4 33.1 29.8–36.4
Hypertension - Cardiovascular
P
4,927 43,292
21.2 32.9 29.6–36.2
Hypertension in pregnancy 39
305 0.2
0.2 0.1–0.4 2
Diabetes - a
OO P
3,334 30,776
15.1 23.4 20.1–26.7
Diabetes type 2 2,691
24,798 12.2
18.8 15.4–22.3 Diabetes - unspecified
435 4,337
2.1 3.3 1.7–4.9
Gestational diabetes 141
1,152 0.6
0.9 0.6–1.2 3
Lipid disorder 3,366
29,115 14.3
22.1 19.3–25.0 4
Upper respiratory tract infection 2,687
20,527 10.1
15.6 14.2–17.0 5
Medical examination - pregnancy
P
881 7,864
3.9 6.0 4.3–7.6
6 Musculoskeletal
symptomcomplaints
P
552 5,028
2.5 3.8 3.1–4.6
7 Asthma
420 4,272
2.1 3.3 2.4–4.1
8 Fever
420 3,870
1.9 2.9 2.1–3.8
9 Medical examination
P
404 3,488
1.7 2.7 1.9–3.4
10 Gastroenteritis
P
361 2,741
1.3 2.1 1.7–2.5
11 Stomach function disorder
319 2,500
1.2 1.9 1.6–2.2
12 High risk pregnancy
P
235 1,873
0.9 1.4 0.8–2.0
13 Headache - a
OO P
223 1,849
0.9 1.4 1.0–1.8
Headache 134
1,153 0.6
0.9 0.6–1.2 14
Ischaemic heart disease
P
215 1,821
0.9 1.4 1.0–1.7
15 Diseasecondition of unspecified
naturesite 167
1,712 0.8
1.3 0.9–1.7 16
Urinary tract infection
P
166 1,460
0.7 1.1 0.8–1.4
17 Tonsillitis
194 1,396
0.7 1.1 0.8–1.4
18 Dermatitis
P
198 1,340
0.7 1.0 0.7–1.3
Dermatitis, contactallergic 190
1,287 0.6
1.0 0.7–1.3 19
Conjunctivitis
P
164 1,167
0.6 0.9 0.7–1.1
20 Cough
98 972
0.5 0.7 0.3–1.1
21 Anaemi
a P
98 964
0.5 0.7 0.4–1.0
22
Q
iral disease 84
910 0.5
0.7 0.4–1.0 23
Contraception, femal
R P
96 906
0.4 0.7 0.4–1.0
24 Arthritis - a
O O P
93 878
0.4 0.7 0.4–0.9
25 Perinatal morbidity, other
151 872
0.4 0.7 0.3–1.0
26 Fear of infection; general
60 731
0.4 0.6 0.1–1.0
27 Gout
93 707
0.4 0.5 0.4–0.7
28 Back problems
P
83 672
0.3 0.5 0.3–0.7
29 Fear of respiratory disease
61 635
0.3 0.5 0.2–0.8
30 Allergyallergic reaction
72 610
0.3 0.6 0.3–0.6
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Comprise multiple ICPC-2 codes see Appendix 4