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Diagnosis concept

Streptococcal sore throat

One diagnosis code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Code
43878008
  • 1,533 patients
  • 14% of all patients
  • #33 of 778 across all diagnoses, by patients
  • 1,674 recorded episodes

Coding

System
SNOMED-CT

What treats it

procedure concept Throat culture
827 procedures
medication concept Penicillin V Potassium 250 MG Oral Tablet
757 prescriptions
medication concept Penicillin V Potassium 500 MG Oral Tablet
751 prescriptions

Counted over the prescriptions and procedures that recorded this diagnosis as their reason.

Age at first diagnosis

Streptococcal sore throat: median 23 across all diagnoses: median 35

Age at first diagnosis Bar chart. Age at first diagnosis. 1,533 patients in all; the largest group is 0 to 9 with 448; Streptococcal sore throat: median 23 years; across all diagnoses: median 35 years. 0 200 400 0 to 9: 448 patients 10 to 19: 250 patients 20 to 29: 197 patients 30 to 39: 156 patients 40 to 49: 146 patients 50 to 59: 155 patients 60 to 69: 99 patients 70 to 79: 45 patients 80 to 89: 20 patients 90 and over: 17 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 23 or older. Across all diagnoses, half were 35 or older. The 0 to 9 hold the most, 448 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 up to a month with 1,541 episodes. no end recorded: 7 episodes no end recorded 7 a week or less: 126 episodes a week or less 126 up to a month: 1,541 episodes up to a month 1,541 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
up to a month, more than any other. 1,674 episodes in all. “No end recorded” is an episode the generator never closed, not one known to be ongoing.