Table 2 Description of total and cause-specific hospital admissions during the pre- and post-COVID-19 outbreak
Diseases included in the study (ICD-10) | Before COVID-19 outbreak | After COVID-19 outbreak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total hospitalizationsa | Average monthly hospitalization rate per 100,000 population | Total hospitalizationb | Average monthly hospitalization rate per 100,000 population | |
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99) | 35,392 | 142 | 9,133 | 49 |
Neoplasms (C00–D48) | 46,619 | 187 | 19,268 | 104 |
Mental and behavioural disorders (F00–F99) | 5058 | 20 | 2214 | 12 |
Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99) | 6959 | 28 | 2013 | 11 |
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99) | 27,372 | 110 | 13,988 | 76 |
Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J99) | 12,375 | 50 | 2840 | 15 |
Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93) | 16,910 | 68 | 8068 | 44 |
Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99) | 14,845 | 59 | 8015 | 43 |
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00–O99) | 26,587 | 106 | 18,285 | 99 |