Table 2

Ten most frequent discharge diagnosis 1995–1999

Number
ICD-9
Diagnosis
Number
Percent of discharges1

1
466
Bronchiolitis
1282
7.6
2
0799,0479
Viral infections
698
4.1
3
771
Perinatal infections
504
3.0
4
493
Asthma
473
2.8
5
7806
Fever
454
2.7
6
486
Pneumonia
392
2.3
7
53081
Reflux
382
2.3
8
5990
Urinary Tract Infection
273
1.6
9
769
Respiratory Distress
272
1.6
10
00861
Rotavirus infection
260
1.5

1number of hospital discharges of children ≤ 2 years (29,957) minus number of normal newborn discharges (13,111) = 16,846

Baker et al. BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:11   doi:10.1186/1471-2431-8-11