Table 4 Comorbidities with similar or significant incidence rate differences between severe and mild cases of physical or brain disabilities
From: Medical service utilization by children with physical or brain disabilities in South Korea
Type | Disease (ICD-10 code) | Number of children [n (%)] | ||
Severe | Mild | |||
Physical disabilities | Different | Pneumonia (J18) | 222 (12.33) | 129 (6.69) |
Neuromuscular bladder dysfunction (N31) | 128 (7.11) | 76 (3.94) | ||
Disorders of tooth development and eruption (K00) | 238 (13.22) | 345 (17.89) | ||
Vasomotor and allergic rhinitis (J30) | 1194 (66.33) | 1381 (71.63) | ||
Dental caries (K02) | 290 (16.11) | 458 (23.76) | ||
Similar | Iron deficiency anemia (D50) | 51 (2.83) | 51 (2.65) | |
Pain in throat and chest (R07) | 62 (3.44) | 66 (3.42) | ||
Other external ear disorders (H61) | 66 (3.67) | 72 (3.73) | ||
Lipoprotein metabolism and other lipidemias disorders (E78) | 62 (3.44) | 63 (3.27) | ||
Heartburn (R12) | 72 (4.00) | 77 (3.99) | ||
Brain disabilities | Different | Epilepsy and recurrent seizures (G40) | 3,847 (39.99) | 201 (9.78) |
Pneumonia (J18) | 2137 (22.22) | 232 (11.28) | ||
Convulsions (R56) | 1487 (15.46) | 137 (6.66) | ||
Refraction and accommodation disorders (H52) | 1,657 (17.23) | 602 (29.28) | ||
Gastritis and duodenitis (K29) | 2,980 (30.98) | 909 (44.21) | ||
Similar | Superficial head injury (S00) | 287 (2.98) | 61 (2.97) | |
Intracranial injury (S06) | 258 (2.68) | 55 (2.68) | ||
Other viral infections characterized by skin and mucous membrane lesions (B08) | 642 (6.67) | 139 (6.76) | ||
Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis (L03) | 520 (5.41) | 113 (5.50) | ||
Other muscle disorders (M03) | 327 (3.40) | 72 (3.50) | ||