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Table 4 Distribution of blood transfusion recipients based on the broad ICD-10 diagnosis categories

From: Demographic characteristics of blood and blood components transfusion recipients and pattern of blood utilization in a tertiary health institution in southern Nigeria

Diagnostic category (ICD-10 code)

Recipients

N

(%)

Infectious and parasitic diseases

78

(3.34)

Neoplasms

156

(6.68)

Disease of blood & blood forming organs

182

(7.79)

Endocrine, nutritional & metabolic diseases

26

(1.11)

Mental and behavioral disorders

0

(0.00)

Diseases of the nervous system

8

(0.34)

Eye and adnexa diseases

6

(026)

Ear and adnexa diseases

2

(0.09)

Circulatory system diseases

76

(3.25)

Respiratory system diseases

22

(0.94)

Digestive system diseases

92

(3.94)

Skin and subcutaneous tissue diseases

14

(0.60)

Musculoskeletal system & connective tissue diseases

44

(1.88)

Genitourinary system diseases

184

(7.88)

Pregnancy, childbirth & puerperium

904

(38.70)

Condition originating in the perinatal period

336

(14.38)

Congenital malformations

34

(1.46)

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings

62

(2.65)

Injury and poison

102

(4.37)

External causes of morbidity

8

(0.34)

Total

2336

(100.00)

  1. ICD International classification of diseases
  2. n absolute number, % percentage