Increasing trends in admissions due to non-communicable diseases over 2012 to 2017: findings from three large cities in Myanmar

Table 3 Most common admissions with major NCDs stratified by age in three tertiary hospitals of Myanmar during 2012–2017

Age in years	Malignant neoplasms			Cardiovascular diseases			Chronic respiratory diseases			Diabetes mellitus (DM)
Age in years		n	%		n	%		n	%		n	%
< 15	Total	846		Total	724		Total	12,088		Total	43
	Leukemia	319	(37.7)	Rheumatic	214	(29.6)	Others	634	(52.5)	Other DM	26	(60.5)
	Lymphoma	165	(19.5)	Stroke	126	(17.4)	Asthma	481	(39.8)	Type 2	10	(23.3)
	B and T*	120	(14.2)	Non-rheumatic valvular	103	(14.2)	COPD	93	(7.7)	Type 1	7	(16.3)
15–29	Total	5796		Total	4184		Total	2480		Total	412
	Leukemia	1703	(29.4)	Rheumatic	939	(22.4)	Others	1968	(79.0)	Other DM	232	(56.3)
	Lymphoma	832	(14.4)	Stroke	609	(14.6)	Asthma	363	(14.6)	Type 2	126	(30.6)
	B and T	428	(7.4)	Inflammatory	469	(11.2)	COPD	149	(6.0)	Type 1	54	(13.1)
30–44	Total	15,108		Total	10,152		Total	3685		Total	1511
	Breast	2574	(17.0)	Stroke	2465	(24.3)	Others	2890	(78.4)	Type 2	750	(49.6)
	Colorectal	2548	(16.9)	Rheumatic	1629	(16.0)	Asthma	505	(13.7)	Other DM	703	(46.5)
	Liver	1601	(10.6)	Ischemic	1078	(10.6)	COPD	290	(7.9)	Type 1	58	(3.8)
45–59	Total	30,432		Total	18,680		Total	5035		Total	4250
	Breast	5361	(17.6)	Stroke	6088	(32.6)	Others	3249	(64.5)	Type 2	2358	(55.5)
	Colorectal	3449	(11.3)	Ishemic	4213	(22.6)	COPD	1153	(22.9)	Other DM	1872	(44.0)
	Liver	3122	(10.2)	Rheumatic	1657	(8.9)	Asthma	633	(12.6)	Type 1	20	(0.5)
≥ 60	Total	25,651		Total	24,314		Total	11,193		Total	3493
	Lung	5102	(19.9)	Stroke	8478	(34.9)	COPD	6684	(59.7)	Type 2	1990	(57.0)
	Colorectal	3254	(12.7)	Ishemic	7245	(29.8)	Others	4039	(36.1)	Other DM	1492	(42.7)
	Liver	2477	(9.7)	Hypertensive	1499	(6.2)	Asthma	470	(4.2)	Type 1	11	(0.3)

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