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Table 6 Detailed comparison of cerebrovascular disease diagnoses in HES and general practice records

From: Vascular disease in women: comparison of diagnoses in hospital episode statistics and general practice records in England

  

HES Diagnosis (ICD-10 codes)

 
 

Transient Ischaemic Attack (G45)

Stroke

Other Cerebrovascular Disorders (I65-I69)

All Stroke & Other Cerebrovascular Disorders (I60-I69)

All Cerebrovascular Disease (G45, I60-I69)

 

Subarachnoid Haemorrhage (I60)

Haemorrhagic Stroke (I61-I62)

Ischaemic Stroke (I63)

Unspecified Stroke (I64)

General Practitioner Report:

N=155

N=78

N=69

N=190

N=119

N=162

N=618

N=766*

Same as HES diagnosis

80.0% (124)

96.1% (75)

78.3% (54)

86.3% (164)

16.0% (19)

82.7% (134)

72.2% (446)

73.8% (565)*

Closely related diagnosis**

14.2% (22)a

0

18.9% (13)b

10.5% (20)c

76.5% (91)d

6.8% (11)e

21.9% (135)

20.2% (155)*

No cerebrovascular diagnosis

5.8% (9)

3.9% (3)

2.9% (2)

3.2% (6)

7.6% (9)

10.5% (17)

6.0% (37)

6.0% (46)

  1. HES: hospital episode statistics; ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision.
  2. * Rows do not total as 7 women with both G45 and I60-I69 ICD-10 codes in selected HES record are included in both applicable columns.
  3. ** Includes general practitioner report of:
  4. a Ischaemic stroke (n=18) & unspecified stroke (n=4).
  5. b Subarachnoid haemorrhage (n=3), ischaemic stroke (n=6) & unspecified stroke (n=4).
  6. c Transient ischaemic attack (n=4), haemorrhagic stroke (n=5) & unspecified stroke (n=11).
  7. d Transient ischaemic attack (n=3), ischaemic stroke (n=78) & haemorrhagic stroke (n=10).
  8. e Transient ischaemic attack (n=11).