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Diagnosis concept

Essential hypertension

One diagnosis code, shared across patients.

Provenance
Code
59621000
  • 2,478 patients
  • 22% of all patients
  • #22 of 778 across all diagnoses, by patients
  • 2,478 recorded episodes

Coding

System
SNOMED-CT

What treats it

medication concept lisinopril 10 MG Oral Tablet
44,052 prescriptions
medication concept Hydrochlorothiazide 25 MG Oral Tablet
37,871 prescriptions
medication concept amLODIPine 2.5 MG Oral Tablet
33,854 prescriptions
medication concept losartan potassium 25 MG Oral Tablet
666 prescriptions

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

What else these patients have

diagnosis concept Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth, unspecified
<1% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Chronic kidney disease stage 4
12% of these patients· 3% of all patients
diagnosis concept Proteinuria due to type 2 diabetes mellitus
22% of these patients· 5% of all patients
diagnosis concept Chronic kidney disease stage 1
32% of these patients· 8% of all patients
diagnosis concept Disorder of kidney due to diabetes mellitus
37% of these patients· 9% of all patients

Of the 2,478 patients with this diagnosis, the share who also carry each one, against how common it is across all patients.

Age at first diagnosis

Essential hypertension: median 41 across all diagnoses: median 35

Age at first diagnosis Bar chart. Age at first diagnosis. 2,478 patients in all; the largest group is 40 to 49 with 786; Essential hypertension: median 41 years; across all diagnoses: median 35 years. 0 200 400 600 10 to 19: 1 patient 20 to 29: 377 patients 30 to 39: 666 patients 40 to 49: 786 patients 50 to 59: 468 patients 60 to 69: 138 patients 70 to 79: 36 patients 80 to 89: 5 patients 90 and over: 1 patient 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 41 or older. Across all diagnoses, half were 35 or older. The 40 to 49 hold the most, 786 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 2,478 episodes. no end recorded: 2,478 episodes no end recorded 2,478 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
2,478 episodes in all. “No end recorded” is an episode the generator never closed, not one known to be ongoing.