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Table 3 Most common diagnosis pre- and post-index, private practitioner setting

From: The disease burden of pertussis in adults 50 years old and older in the United States: a retrospective study

Diagnoses

Patient count

% of Total

Pre-Index Period

 

Total Unique Patients in the Population

5,490

 

Patients with ≥ 1 Pertussis-like event

3,140

57

Acute Respiratory:

2,857

52

 COUGH

1,350

25

 UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION

1,004

18

 ACUTE BRONCHITIS

938

17

 ASTHMA

449

8

 ALLERGY

413

8

 LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION

387

7

 OTHER PNEUMONIA

313

6

Other :

1,798

33

 HYPERTENSION

579

11

 SHORTNESS OF BREATH

368

7

 HIGH CHOLESTEROL

316

6

 GERD

290

5

 CHEST PAIN

266

5

 COPD AND OTHER ALLIED CONDITIONS

229

4

 DIABETES

224

4

 LUMBAR STRAIN OR BACK PAIN

171

3

Post-Index Period

 

Total Unique Patients in the Population

5,490

100

Acute Respiratory:

5,053

92

 WHOOPING COUGH-UNSPECIFIED ORGANISM

2,224

41

 COUGH

2,222

40

 UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION

770

14

 ACUTE BRONCHITIS

694

13

 WHOOPING COUGH-BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS

605

11

 ASTHMA

551

10

 OTHER PNEUMONIA

468

9

 ALLERGY

404

7

 LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION

359

7

 PNEUMONIA IN WHOOPING COUGH

237

4

Other:

2,309

42

 HYPERTENSION

851

16

 HIGH CHOLESTEROL

495

9

 SHORTNESS OF BREATH

445

8

 DIABETES

421

8

 GERD

421

8

 COPD AND OTHER ALLIED CONDITIONS

388

7

 CHEST PAIN

300

5

  1. Patients may be counted in multiple types of diagnoses. Therefore, the sum of the sub-classifications may total more than the total unique patients.
  2. Diagnoses in >2% of patients are listed.