Table 2 The frequency and percentage of contacts with clinical codes falling into each ICPC Chapter
ICPC Chapter | Age Group | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
‘0’ | ‘1–4’ | ‘5–11’ | ‘12+’ | Total No. Contacts with Clinical Category | ||||||
Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | |
R - Respiratory | 1942 | 31.6% | 4650 | 39.2% | 1917 | 31.3% | 771 | 22.9% | 9280 | 33.8% |
A - General and unspecified | 1603 | 26.1% | 2864 | 24.2% | 890 | 14.5% | 270 | 8.1% | 5627 | 20.5% |
D - Digestive | 1141 | 18.6% | 1465 | 12.3% | 995 | 16.2% | 580 | 17.2% | 4181 | 15.2% |
S - Skin | 478 | 7.8% | 1055 | 8.9% | 716 | 11.7% | 386 | 11.5% | 2635 | 9.6% |
H - Ear | 275 | 4.5% | 1052 | 8.9% | 684 | 11.1% | 198 | 5.8% | 2209 | 8.0% |
Process | 389 | 6.3% | 521 | 4.4% | 371 | 6.0% | 299 | 8.8% | 1580 | 5.6% |
U - Urological | 33 | 0.5% | 303 | 2.6% | 296 | 4.8% | 228 | 6.8% | 860 | 3.1% |
D/F - DNA/Failed encounterb | 178 | 2.9% | 294 | 2.5% | 122 | 2.0% | 94 | 2.8% | 688 | 2.5% |
F - Eye | 237 | 3.9% | 276 | 2.3% | 92 | 1.5% | 62 | 1.9% | 667 | 2.4% |
L - Musculoskeletal | 20 | 0.3% | 95 | 0.8% | 160 | 2.6% | 197 | 5.9% | 472 | 1.7% |
N - Neurological | 94 | 1.5% | 89 | 0.8% | 100 | 1.6% | 139 | 4.2% | 422 | 1.5% |
Y - Male Genital | 11 | 0.2% | 124 | 1.0% | 69 | 1.1% | 23 | 0.7% | 227 | 0.8% |
P - Psychological | 101 | 1.6% | 10 | 0.1% | 16 | 0.3% | 82 | 2.4% | 209 | 0.6% |
X - Female Genital | 11 | 0% | 55 | 1% | 33 | 1% | 74 | 2% | 173 | 0.6% |
W - Pregnancy, Childbearing, Family Planning | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 75 | 2.2% | 76 | 0.3% |
B - Blood, Blood Forming Organs and Immune Mechanism | 6 | 0.1% | 27 | 0.2% | 18 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.2% | 58 | 0.2% |
T - Endocrine/Metabolic and Nutritional | 8 | 0.1% | 18 | 0.2% | 9 | 0.1% | 17 | 0.5% | 52 | 0.2% |
K - Cardiovascular | 3 | 0.0% | 5 | 0.0% | 11 | 0.2% | 31 | 0.9% | 50 | 0.2% |
Z - Social Problems | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.1% | 7 | 0.0% |
Total | 6531 | * | 12,905 | * | 6501 | * | 3536 | * | 29,473 | * |