Falls/tendenct to fall
Description
vestibular disease: Pathological processes of the vestibular labyrinth which contains part of the balancing apparatus. Patients with vestibular diseases show instability and are at risk of frequent falls. [database_cross_reference: MESH:D015837]
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | FALLS |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: W00/R296/W11/W01/W10 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: W01/W10/R296/W11/W00 |
| First defined in version | DF3 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 1053 | 481 | 572 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.6 | 0.48 | 0.76 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 64.75 | 66.32 | 63.43 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 56.22 | 49.27 | 62.06 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 2.18 | 2.49 | 1.92 |
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