Acute otitis externa, noninfective

Description

otitis externa: Inflammation of the anatomical structures of the outer ear and ear canal secondary to an infectious process. Bacterial etiology is most common, but fungal infection is also possible. Symptoms include erythema, edema, and pain.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode H8_EXT_NONINF
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: H605
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: H605
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 4
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 9463
GWAS catalog 0009560
MESH D010032
SNOMED CT 3135009

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 192 106 86
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.11 0.11 0.11
Mean age at first event (years) 46.4 46.92 45.77
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 1.04 0.94 1.16

Longitudinal metrics

Sex All Female Male
Median nb. of events per indiv. 1 1 1
Recurrence at 6 months (%) 7.29 7.55 6.98

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