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Table 1 Medical diseases categorized according to being considered life-threatening or not 1

From: A prospective cohort study of disability pension due to mental diagnoses: the importance of health factors and behaviors

Very life-threatening

Somewhat life-threatening

Not at all life-threatening

Angina pectoris

Allergies and Asthma

Back disorders

Cancer

Cardiac arrhythmia

Cataract

Cardiac insufficiency

Cardiac murmur

Dizziness

Heart attack

Chronic bronchitis

Eczema

Multiple sclerosis

Diabetes

Gall disorders

Stroke

Dyslipedimia

Glaucoma

Thrombosis in leg

Emphysema

Gout

Epilepsy

Knee and hip disorders

Goiter disorders

Migraine

Hay fever

Neck and shoulder disorders

High blood pressure

Other eye disorders

Kidney disease

Psoriasis

Liver disease

Sciatica

Mental complaints

Scoliosis

Osteoporosis

Stomach and intestinal disorders

 

Parkinson's disease

Urinary tract disorders

Physical disability

Polio

Prostate complaints

Rheumatoid arthritis

SLE (Lupus)

Tuberculosis

Vascular spasms in legs

  1. 1Based on the categorizations made by Gold et al. [69], modified by Svedberg et al. [64].