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Diagnosis concept

Chronic periodontitis

One diagnosis code, shared across patients.

Code
5689008
  • 1,157 patients
  • 10% of all patients
  • #44 of 778 across all diagnoses, by patients
  • 1,216 recorded episodes

Coding

System
SNOMED-CT

What else these patients have

diagnosis concept Passive conjunctival congestion
<1% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Cracked tooth
1% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Acute gingivitis
21% of these patients· 8% of all patients
diagnosis concept Gingival recession
1% of these patients· 1% of all patients

Of the 1,157 patients with this diagnosis, the share who also carry each one, against how common it is across all patients.

Age at first diagnosis

Chronic periodontitis: median 19 across all diagnoses: median 35

Age at first diagnosis Bar chart. Age at first diagnosis. 1,157 patients in all; the largest group is 10 to 19 with 385; Chronic periodontitis: median 19 years; across all diagnoses: median 35 years. 0 100 200 300 0 to 9: 218 patients 10 to 19: 385 patients 20 to 29: 144 patients 30 to 39: 126 patients 40 to 49: 146 patients 50 to 59: 109 patients 60 to 69: 29 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 19 or older. Across all diagnoses, half were 35 or older. The 10 to 19 hold the most, 385 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 over five years with 892 episodes. no end recorded: 0 episodes no end recorded 0 a week or less: 112 episodes a week or less 112 up to a month: 2 episodes up to a month 2 up to three months: 3 episodes up to three months 3 up to a year: 23 episodes up to a year 23 one to five years: 184 episodes one to five years 184 over five years: 892 episodes over five years 892
over five years, more than any other. 1,216 episodes in all. “No end recorded” is an episode the generator never closed, not one known to be ongoing.