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Diagnosis concept

Dental caries

One diagnosis code, shared across patients.

Code
80967001
  • 4,723 patients
  • 42% of all patients
  • #14 of 778 across all diagnoses, by patients
  • 6,050 recorded episodes

Coding

System
SNOMED-CT

What else these patients have

diagnosis concept Localised gingival recession
<1% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Erosion of teeth
<1% of these patients· <1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Gingival recession
1% of these patients· 1% of all patients
diagnosis concept Generalised moderate chronic periodontitis
1% of these patients· <1% of all patients

Of the 4,723 patients with this diagnosis, the share who also carry each one, against how common it is across all patients.

Age at first diagnosis

Dental caries: median 18 across all diagnoses: median 35

Age at first diagnosis Bar chart. Age at first diagnosis. 4,723 patients in all; the largest group is 10 to 19 with 1,620; Dental caries: median 18 years; across all diagnoses: median 35 years. 0 500 1,000 1,500 0 to 9: 946 patients 10 to 19: 1,620 patients 20 to 29: 567 patients 30 to 39: 493 patients 40 to 49: 542 patients 50 to 59: 472 patients 60 to 69: 83 patients 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 years
Half of these patients were 18 or older. Across all diagnoses, half were 35 or older. The 10 to 19 hold the most, 1,620 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 3,768 episodes. no end recorded: 4 episodes no end recorded 4 a week or less: 786 episodes a week or less 786 up to a month: 10 episodes up to a month 10 up to three months: 33 episodes up to three months 33 up to a year: 214 episodes up to a year 214 one to five years: 1,235 episodes one to five years 1,235 over five years: 3,768 episodes over five years 3,768
over five years, more than any other. 6,050 episodes in all. “No end recorded” is an episode the generator never closed, not one known to be ongoing.