Table 2

Selected diagnosis at discharge from the emergency department after the first visit among the AUD group and the comparison group

AUD groupComparison group
Discharged diagnosis (ICD-10)N (%)N (%)
Mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders (F00-F99)153 (12.6)1152 (1.1)
 Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F11-F19)67 (5.5)247 (0.2)
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)135 (11.2)4654 (4.4)
 Ischaemic heart diseases (I20-I24)35 (2.9)639 (0.6)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system (M00-M99)273 (22.6)9010 (8.5)
Symptoms, signs, abnormal clinical and laboratory findings (R00-R99)441 (36.4)13 274 (12.5)
Injury of certain body regions (S00-S99)457 (37.8)20 584 (19.4)
 Injuries of head (S00-S02)111 (9.2)2727 (2.6)
 Fracture of rib (S22.3)27 (2.2)583 (0.5)
Injuries involving multiple body regions (T00-T98)65 (5.4)2777 (2.6)
 Poisoning by drugs, medicaments and biological substances (T36-T50)12 (1.0)129 (0.1)
Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)25 (2.1)1324 (1.2)
No discharge diagnoses are displayed89 (7.4)7028 (6.6)
  • AUD, alcohol use disorders; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases tenth revision.