Table 3 Ranking of the first 15 diagnoses assigned at the ED to women in the cohort during the study period
From: Use of emergency department services by women victims of violence in Lazio region, Italy
ED visits for intentional injury | Other unintentional injuries ED visits | Non trauma-related ED visits | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ICD-9-CM description | N | % | ICD-9-CM description | N | % | ICD-9-CM description | N | % |
Contusion of face, scalp, and neck except eye | 1639 | 17.17 | Contusion of lower limb and of other and unspecified sites | 916 | 13.34 | Other symptoms involving abdomen and pelvis | 2463 | 9.65 |
Contusion of upper limb | 1143 | 11.97 | Contusion of upper limb | 781 | 11.37 | Complications of medical care, not elsewhere classified | 2026 | 7.93 |
Contusion of lower limb and of other and unspecified sites | 977 | 10.23 | Sprains and strains of other and unspecified parts of back | 665 | 9.68 | Anxiety, dissociative and somatoform disorders | 1242 | 4.86 |
Complications of medical care, not elsewhere classified | 648 | 6.79 | Other disorders of cervical region | 425 | 6.19 | Normal pregnancy | 1228 | 4.81 |
Contusion of trunk | 557 | 5.83 | Complications of medical care, not elsewhere classified | 356 | 5.18 | General symptoms | 981 | 3.84 |
Anxiety, dissociative and somatoform disorders | 481 | 5.04 | Contusion of face, scalp, and neck except eye | 354 | 5.15 | Symptoms involving respiratory system and other chest symptoms | 605 | 2.37 |
Concussion | 345 | 3.61 | Sprains and strains of ankle and foot | 323 | 4.70 | Symptoms involving urinary system | 575 | 2.25 |
Sprains and strains of other and unspecified parts of back | 315 | 3.30 | Contusion of trunk | 272 | 3.96 | Other and unspecified disorders of back | 519 | 2.03 |
Other disorders of cervical region | 294 | 3.08 | Open wound of finger(s) | 161 | 2.34 | Hemorrhage in early pregnancy | 509 | 1.99 |
Other open wound of head | 249 | 2.61 | Injury, other and unspecified | 137 | 1.99 | Disorders of menstruation and other abnormal bleeding from female genital tract | 499 | 1.95 |
Fracture of face bones | 191 | 2.00 | Sprains and strains of knee and leg | 107 | 1.56 | Disorders of conjunctiva | 383 | 1.50 |
Other disorders of soft tissues | 115 | 1.20 | Other open wound of head | 96 | 1.40 | Other indications for care or intervention related to labor and delivery, not elsewhere classified | 362 | 1.42 |
Late effects of injuries to skin and subcutaneous tissues | 107 | 1.12 | Sprains and strains of wrist and hand | 95 | 1.38 | Cystitis | 357 | 1.40 |
Contusion of eye and adnexa | 107 | 1.12 | Other and unspecified disorders of back | 77 | 1.12 | Early or threatened labor | 337 | 1.32 |