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Table 2 Hospitalization events by ICD-10 chapter among Ukrainian war refugees and migrants (in total) in the period before (01.01.2014–23.02.2022) and after (24.02.2022–31.12.2022) the outbreak of the war

From: Ukrainian migrants’ and war refugees’ admissions to hospital: evidence from the Polish Nationwide General Hospital Morbidity Study, 2014–2022

Group of diagnoses (ICD-10 chapters)

01.01.2014-23.02.2022

24.02.2022-31.12.2022

Percentage change (multiple)

p

rank

n

% [95% CI]

rank

n

% [95% CI]

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)

1

1646

26.1

[25.1–27.2]

4

628

9.3

[8.6–10.0]

↓ 2.8

 < 0.001

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)

2

1159

18.4

[17.5–19.4]

1

1005

14.9

[14.1–15.8]

↓ 1.2

 < 0.001

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)

3

530

8.4

[7.7–9.1]

6

495

7.4

[6.7–8.0]

↓ 1.1

0.025

Neoplasms (C00-D48)

4

395

6.3

[5.7–6.9]

5

539

8.0

[7.4–8.7]

↑ 1.3

 < 0.001

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)

5

381

6.1

[5.5–6.6]

2

798

11.9

[11.1–12.6]

↑ 2.0

 < 0.001

Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)

6

376

6.0

[5.4–6.6]

8

329

4.9

[4.4–5.4]

↓ 1.2

0.006

Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)

7

362

5.7

[5.2–6.3]

10

275

4.1

[3,6–4.6]

↓ 1.4

 < 0.001

Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93)

8

289

4.6

[4.1–5.1]

9

276

4.1

[3,6–4.6]

1.1

NS

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

9

200

3.2

[2.7–3.6]

18

86

1.3

[1.0–1.5]

↓ 2.5

 < 0.001

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)

10

160

2.5

[2.2–2.9]

14

123

1.8

[1.5–2.1]

↓ 1.4

0.005

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99)

11

145

2.3

[1.9–2.7]

7

464

6.9

[6.3–7.5]

↑ 3.0

 < 0.001

Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)

12

141

2.2

[1.9–2.6]

17

112

1.7

[1.4–2.0]

↓ 1.3

0.018

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)

13

103

1.6

[1.3–1.9]

16

113

1.7

[1.4–2.0]

↑1.0

NS

Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89)

14

101

1.6

[1.3–1.9]

15

120

1.8

[1.5–2.1]

1.1

NS

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)

15

83

1.3

[1.0–1.6]

11

242

3.6

[3.2–4.0]

↑ 2.7

 < 0.001

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

16

61

1.0

[0.7–1.2]

3

740

11.0

[10.3–11.7]

↑ 11.4

 < 0.001

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)

17

50

0.8

[0.6–1.0]

20

43

0.6

[0.4–0.8]

↓ 1.2

NS

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H95)

18

45

0.7

[0.5–0.9]

19

59

0.9

[0.7–1.1]

1.2

NS

Codes for special purposes (U00-U85)

19

44

0.7

[0.5–0.9]

12

149

2.2

[1.9–2.6]

↑ 3.2

 < 0.001

Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)

20

25

0.4

[0.2–0.6]

13

132

2.0

[1.6–2.3]

↑ 4.9

 < 0.001

TOTAL

 

6296

100

 

6728

100

  
  1. For diagnoses whose share changed in a statistically significant way after 24.02.2022, the multiple of the percentage change and the p-value are bolded
  2. Abbreviations: NS not significant. 95% CI 95% confidence interval