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Table 2 No. (%) of types of first-time hospital-based diagnoses of HZ, Denmark, 1994–2012

From: Hospital-based herpes zoster diagnoses in Denmark: rate, patient characteristics, and all-cause mortality

 

Calendar period

Total

1994–1999

2000–2005

2006–2012

Type of hospital contact

        

 Emergency room

765

(19)

655

(15)

610

(12)

2030

(15)

 Outpatient clinic

911

(23)

1035

(24)

1459

(28)

3405

(25)

 Inpatient

2323

(58)

2661

(61)

3244

(61)

8228

(60)

Type of diagnosis

        

 Primary diagnosis

3040

(76)

3036

(70)

3759

(71)

9835

(72)

 Secondary diagnosis

959

(24)

1315

(30)

1554

(29)

3828

(28)

Severity of HZ

        

 Uncomplicated

2873

(72)

3178

(73)

3580

(67)

9631

(70)

 Complicated

1126

(28)

1173

(27)

1733

(33)

4032

(30)

Extent of HZ

        

 Localized

3390

(85)

3708

(85)

4235

(80)

11,333

(83)

 Disseminated

609

(15)

643

(15)

1078

(20)

2330

(17)

Diagnosis code (ICD-10 code)

        

 HZ meningo-encephalitis (B02.0–1)

62

(1.6)

79

(1.8)

196

(3.7)

337

(2.5)

 HZ encephalitis (B02.0)

54

(1.4)

63

(1.4)

146

(2.7)

263

(1.9)

 HZ meningitis (B02.1)

8

(0.20)

16

(0.37)

50

(0.94)

74

(0.54)

 HZ with other nervous system involvement (B02.2)

323

(8.1)

320

(7.4)

418

(7.9)

1061

(7.8)

 HZ ophthalmicus (B02.3)

517

(13)

530

(12)

655

(12)

1702

(12)

 Disseminated HZ (B02.7)

74

(1.9)

90

(2.1)

109

(2.1)

273

(2.0)

 HZ with other complication (B02.8)

150

(3.8)

154

(3.5)

355

(6.7)

659

(4.8)

 HZ without complication (B02.9)

2873

(72)

3178

(73)

3580

(67)

9631

(71)

Total

3999

(29)

4351

(32)

5313

(39)

13,663

(100)

  1. Abbreviations: HZ herpes zoster, ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision