Other/unspecified disorders of vestibular function
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 | H8_VESTIFUNCNAS |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: H818/H819 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: H819/H818 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 325 | 204 | 121 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.19 | 0.21 | 0.16 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 59.32 | 59.77 | 58.57 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 3.69 | 3.43 | 4.13 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 8.31 | 7.84 | 9.09 |
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