Statistics Norway

Patient statistics

7 Day cases1 at general hospitals, by main diagnosis. 20102
Diagnosis3 Total Of this in hospital wards Of this in out-patients' departments
Total  427 449  228 222  199 227
       
Infectious and parasitic diseases 1 675  912  763
Neoplasms 21 150 7 356 13 794
Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx  596  517 79
Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs  463  375 88
Malignant neoplasms of respiratory and intrathoracic organs 1 006  937 69
Malignant neoplasms of bone and articular cartilage 27 25 2
Melanoma and other malignant neoplasms of skin 3 024  122 2 902
Malignant neoplasms of breast  650  181  469
Malignant neoplasms of female genital organs  317 52  265
Malignant neoplasms of male genital organs  305  197  108
Malignant neoplasms of urinary tract  507  127  380
Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic related tissue 1 429 1 353 76
Benign neoplasms 5 584  849 4 735
In situ neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown behaviour 5 964 1 507 4 457
Other malignant neoplasms 1 278 1 114  164
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune system 1 959 1 943 16
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases 3 652 2 320 1 332
Diabetes mellitus  685  385  300
Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases 2 967 1 935 1 032
Diseases of the nervous system 16 862 7 809 9 053
Parkinson's disease  655  654 1
Multiple sclerosis 2 322 2 321 1
Epilepsy  330  326 4
Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes  985  964 21
Other diseases of the nervous system 12 570 3 544 9 026
Diseases of the eye and adnexa 35 550  210 35 340
Glaucoma 2 162 5 2 157
Cataract 22 513 8 22 505
Other diseases of the eye and adnexa 10 875  197 10 678
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process 8 139 2 188 5 951
Diseases of the circulatory system 20 501 11 733 8 768
Acute myocardial infarction  504  502 2
Angina pectoris 2 166 2 159 7
Other acute ischaemic diseases 2 037 2 019 18
Cerebrovascular diseases 2 541 2 537 4
Cardiac dysrhythmias 1 905 1 883 22
Heart failure  460  454 6
Other diseases in the circulatory system 10 888 2 179 8 709
Diseases of the respiratory system 12 857 1 632 11 225
Acute respiratory infections  169  133 36
Other diseases of the upper respiratory tract 11 245 97 11 148
Influenza and pneumonia  152  152 -
Asthma and Status asthmaticus  278  276 2
Other chronic obstructive pulmoary diseases and allied conditions  313  312 1
Other diseases of the respiratory system  700  662 38
Diseases of the digestive system 16 591 5 401 11 190
Diseases of oral cavity, salivary glands and jaws 3 072  225 2 847
Gastric ulcer 7 7 -
Duodenal ulcer 5 5 -
Other diseases of oesophagus, stomach and duodenum  437  415 22
Diseases of appendix 11 4 7
Hernia 5 596  105 5 491
Non-infective enteritis and colitis 3 197 3 117 80
Other diseases of intestines and peritoneum 1 945  351 1 594
Cholelithiasis 1 195 96 1 099
Other diseases of liver, biliary tract, pancreas and the digestive system 1 126 1 076 50
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue 6 279 2 406 3 873
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 57 331 13 895 43 436
Rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory polyarthropathies 3 533 3 245  288
Arthrosis 6 054  716 5 338
Dorsopathies 5 878 5 392  486
Rheumatism, excluding the back 16 713 1 390 15 323
Osteopathies and chondropathies 1 452  675  777
Other diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue 23 701 2 477 21 224
Diseases of the genitourinary system 25 723 4 397 21 326
Kidney diseases 3 546 3 467 79
Urolithiasis  301  119  182
Other diseases of the urinary system 3 304  377 2 927
Hyperplasia of prostate  260  153  107
Other diseases of male genital organs 3 792  149 3 643
Disorders of breast 2 155 30 2 125
Inflammation and other diseases in the female genital organs 12 365  102 12 263
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium 7 465  821 6 644
Pregnancy with abortive outcome 6 954  541 6 413
Oedema, proteinuria and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium 1 1 -
Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy  105 82 23
Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems  152  114 38
Complications of labour and delivery  123 23  100
(Result of) delivery 40 39 1
Complications predominantly related to the puerperium 68 2 66
Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified 22 19 3
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period 35 33 2
Congenital malformations 3 971 2 054 1 917
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified 6 835 5 042 1 793
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes 15 038 1 619 13 419
Fracture of skull, facial bones and neck  258 24  234
Injuries of upper extremities 4 736  250 4 486
Fracture of femur  196  135 61
Intracranial injury  157  152 5
Poisoning 21 21 -
Other injuries 9 670 1 037 8 633
Other causes and unspecified causes  165 836  156 451 9 385
1  Not including patients in psychiatric wards and foreign/unspecified residents.
2  The numbers can not be compared directly with previous years, due to a minor change in the hospital financing system.
3  Grouped according to International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10).
Source: The Norwegian Patient Register.

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