Table 1 Number of subjects with physician visits and hospitalizations for intestinal infectious diseases, 1995 to 2003 inclusive, in a mixed rural-urban community in Metro Vancouver.
Number of subjects with a | |||
|---|---|---|---|
ICD-9 Code* | Disease description | physician visit | hospitalization |
003 | Other Salmonella infections | 65 | 0 |
004 | Shigellosis | 20 | 0 |
007 | Other protozoal intestinal diseases (includes balantidiasis, giardiasis, coccidiosis, intestinal trichomoniasis, cryptosporidiosis, cyclosporiasis) | 21 | 0 |
008 | Intestinal infections due to other organisms | 721 | †180 |
009 | Ill-defined intestinal infections | 6190 | 0 |
Total all diseases above | 7017 | 180 | |