Admissions: Top 10 Reasons for Being Admitted to Hospital

These are the statistics on the most common reasons for hospital admission in Singapore.

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Top 10 Reasons for Hospitalisation in Singapore

		2014	2015	2016
Total No. of Discharges ('000)		507.8	519.5	569.2
% of Total Discharges
1.	Accident, poisoning and violence [ICD10AM : S00-T98]	8.4	8.2	8.3
2.	Cancer [ICD10AM : C00-C96]	6.0	6.0	5.9
3.	Pneumonia [ICD10AM : J12-J18]	2.8	3.0	3.2
4.	Ischaemic heart diseases [ICD10AM : I20-I25]	3.3	3.1	3.1
5.	Intestinal infectious diseases [ICD10AM: A00-A09]	2.8	2.6	2.8
6.	Other heart diseases [ICD10AM: I00-I09, I26-I52]	2.7	2.7	2.5
7.	Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue [ICD10AM : L00-L08]	1.9	2.0	2.1
8.	Acute upper respiratory infections [ICD10AM : J00-J06]	1.6	1.6	1.9
9.	Cerebrovascular diseases (including stroke) [ICD10AM : I60-I69]	1.9	1.9	1.8
10.	Obstetric complications affecting foetus and newborn [ICD10AM : P00-P03]	2.1	2.0	1.7

Note:

The tabulation list of the International Classification of Diseases 10th revision (ICD10AM) has replaced the 9th revision as the adopted code set for the derivation of causes of hospitalisation, with effect from 2012.

This article was last reviewed on Monday, January 14, 2019

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Ministry of Health

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