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Diagnosis concept

Chronic low back pain

One diagnosis code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Code
278860009
  • 2,007 patients
  • 18% of all patients
  • #28 of 778 across all diagnoses, by patients
  • 2,007 recorded episodes

Coding

System
SNOMED-CT

What else these patients have

diagnosis concept Fibromyalgia
13% of these patients· 2% of all patients
diagnosis concept Chronic neck pain
52% of these patients· 11% of all patients
diagnosis concept Chronic pain
100% of these patients· 24% of all patients
diagnosis concept Opioid abuse
3% of these patients· 1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Chronic periodontitis, generalized, slight
<1% of these patients· <1% of all patients

Of the 2,007 patients with this diagnosis, the share who also carry each one, against how common it is across all patients.

Age at first diagnosis

Chronic low back pain: median 34 across all diagnoses: median 35

Age at first diagnosis Bar chart. Age at first diagnosis. 2,007 patients in all; the largest group is 10 to 19 with 544; Chronic low back pain: median 34 years; across all diagnoses: median 35 years. 0 200 400 10 to 19: 544 patients 20 to 29: 346 patients 30 to 39: 294 patients 40 to 49: 354 patients 50 to 59: 242 patients 60 to 69: 133 patients 70 to 79: 54 patients 80 to 89: 19 patients 90 and over: 21 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 34 or older. Across all diagnoses, half were 35 or older. The 10 to 19 hold the most, 544 patients. A few first diagnoses are back-dated into infancy, and some conditions are handed an age by the decade, which draws a spike rather than a spread.

How long it stays on the record

How long it stays on the record Bar chart. How long it stays on the record. 7 categories; the largest is no end recorded with 2,007 episodes. no end recorded: 2,007 episodes no end recorded 2,007 a week or less: 0 episodes a week or less 0 up to a month: 0 episodes up to a month 0 up to three months: 0 episodes up to three months 0 up to a year: 0 episodes up to a year 0 one to five years: 0 episodes one to five years 0 over five years: 0 episodes over five years 0
2,007 episodes in all. “No end recorded” is an episode the generator never closed, not one known to be ongoing.