Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation

Description

pneumocystosis: Human pneumocystosis is caused by an infectious agent, which (after recent nomenclature and taxonomy revisions) is now classed as the fungus Pneumocystis jiroveci . The prevalence is unknown. Pneumocystis jiroveci is an opportunistic infectious agent, developing in immunosuppressed patients. It is an air-borne infection, localised to the lungs. However, extrapulmonary involvement is seen in AIDS patients. The disease manifests progressively with coughing, respiratory problems (dyspnea) and fever, followed by acute respiratory insufficiency and death within a few weeks in untreated cases. The most reliable diagnostic method is bronchoalveolar lavage. The treatment of choice is cotrimoxazole.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode VWXY20_INTENTI_SELF_H_HANGI_STRANGU_SUFFO
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: X70
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: X70
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF4
Ontology
DOID 11339
GWAS catalog 0007448
MESH D011020
SNOMED CT 415125002

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 48 6 42
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.03 0.01 0.06
Mean age at first event (years) 55.14 55.7 55.06
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0

Longitudinal metrics

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

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