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Table 1 Number and percentage of the total 2278 subjects with at least one episode of inpatient care within each of the diagnostic groups.

From: Chronic musculoskeletal pain predicted hospitalisation due to serious medical conditions in a 10 year follow up study

Diagnostic group

n =

%

Infectious disease

112

4.9

Neoplasm (malignant and benign)

144

6.3

Other medical diseases

160

7.0

Mental and behavioural disorders

47

2.1

Cerebrovascular and ischemic heart disease

144

6.3

Other diseases of the circulatory system

130

5.7

Diseases of the digestive system

168

7.4

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system

139

6.1

Diseases of the genitourinary system (excl infections)

187

8.2

Symptoms and observations

345

15.1

Injuries, poisoning and other external causes

217

9.5