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Diagnosis concept

Misuses drugs

One diagnosis code, shared across patients.

Code
361055000
  • 897 patients
  • 7.9% of all patients
  • #54 of 778 across all diagnoses, by patients
  • 938 recorded episodes

Coding

System
SNOMED-CT

What else these patients have

diagnosis concept Malignant neoplasm of maxillary sinus
1% of these patients· <1% of all patients
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1% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Malignant neoplasm of glottis
1% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Malignant neoplasm of larynx, unspecified
1% of these patients· <1% of all patients

Of the 897 patients with this diagnosis, the share who also carry each one, against how common it is across all patients.

Age at first diagnosis

Misuses drugs: median 33 across all diagnoses: median 35

Age at first diagnosis Bar chart. Age at first diagnosis. 897 patients in all; the largest group is 20 to 29 with 265; Misuses drugs: median 33 years; across all diagnoses: median 35 years. 0 100 200 10 to 19: 126 patients 20 to 29: 265 patients 30 to 39: 158 patients 40 to 49: 120 patients 50 to 59: 129 patients 60 to 69: 65 patients 70 to 79: 22 patients 80 to 89: 7 patients 90 and over: 5 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 33 or older. Across all diagnoses, half were 35 or older. The 20 to 29 hold the most, 265 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 one to five years with 347 episodes. no end recorded: 279 episodes no end recorded 279 a week or less: 0 episodes a week or less 0 up to a month: 23 episodes up to a month 23 up to three months: 51 episodes up to three months 51 up to a year: 67 episodes up to a year 67 one to five years: 347 episodes one to five years 347 over five years: 171 episodes over five years 171
one to five years, more than any other. 938 episodes in all. “No end recorded” is an episode the generator never closed, not one known to be ongoing.