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Table 1 Top 10 most-prevalent diseases in our data set

From: Statistical methods for constructing disease comorbidity networks from longitudinal inpatient data

Rank

ICD-9

Disease description

Prevalence (× 1000)

1

250

Diabetes mellitus

206

2

414

Chronic ischemic heart disease

205

3

272

Disorders of lipoid metabolism

198

4

366

Cataract

154

5

427

Cardiac dysrhythmias

148

6

401

Essential hypertension

141

7

244

Acquired hypothyroidism

110

8

285

Other and unspecified anemias

107

9

041

Bacterial infection [unspecified site]

95

10

664

Trauma to perineum and vulva during delivery

80