Table 1 |
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| Comparison of selected ICD-10 diagnoses in the Vietnamese and Danish Hospital | |||||
| Diagnose | PH1 Vietnam (n=5763) | RH Denmark (n=885) | p-value | ||
| Registered | /1000 live births | Registered | /1000 live births | ||
| Prematurity | 385 | 0.53 | 384 | 13.24 | <0.01 |
| very premature | 385* | 0.53 | 206 | 7.06 | <0.01 |
| Asphyxia | 120 | 0.17 | 116 | 3.99 | <0.01 |
| Cong Malformations | |||||
| Oesophaus atresia | 46 | 0.06 | 8 | 0.27 | <0.01 |
| Gastrochiesis | 31 | 0.04 | 6 | 0.21 | <0.01 |
| Omphalocele | 22 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Diaphragmatic hernia | 39 | 0.05 | 4 | 0.14 | 0.01 |
| Heart Disease | 222 | 0.31 | 65 | 2.23 | <0.01 |
The numbers of registered diagnoses and corresponding ratios per 1000 live births in the catchment area.
PH1: Tertiary paediatric hospital in Vietnam (Paediatric Hospital No. 1) with a catchment population of 726,578 live births (2009).
RH: General tertiary hospital in Denmark (Rigshospitalet) with a catchment population of 29,161 live births (2009), annual means for the period 2001–10.
Very premature: gestational age < 32 weeks.
*Maximum estimate corresponding to all of the registered premature neonates (gestational age and birth weight is only available for a subgroup).
Kruse et al. BMC Pediatrics 2012 12:199 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-12-199
