Table 2 Common malignant neoplasms, cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes-related admissions stratified by gender in three tertiary hospitals of Myanmar during 2012–2017
Admission due to disease | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Category | Male | Female | ||||
n | (%)* | n | (%)* | |||
Malignant neoplasams# | 34,959 | (100.0) | 42,874 | (100.0) | ||
Lung cancer | 5398 | (15.4) | Breast cancer | 10,034 | (23.4) | |
Liver cancer | 5160 | (14.8) | Colorectal cancer | 5426 | (12.7) | |
Colorectal cancer | 4743 | (13.6) | Cervix cancer | 4475 | (10.4) | |
Stomach cancer | 3150 | (9.0) | Lung cancer | 3172 | (7.4) | |
Leukemia | 2616 | (7.5) | Leukemia | 2774 | (6.5) | |
Cardiovascular diseases# | 30,988 | (100.0) | 27,066 | (100.0) | ||
Stroke | 10,721 | (34.6) | Stroke | 7045 | (26.0) | |
Other cardiovascular disease | 7394 | (23.9) | Other cardiovascular disease | 6259 | (23.1) | |
Ischemic heart disease | 6455 | (20.8) | Ischemic heart disease | 6232 | (23.0) | |
Inflammatory heart disease | 2015 | (6.5) | Rheumatic heart disease | 3397 | (12.6) | |
Rheumatic heart disease | 1859 | (6.0) | Hypertensive heart disease | 1929 | (7.1) | |
Chronic respiratory diseases | 12,668 | (100.0) | 10,933 | (100.0) | ||
Other chronic respiratory diseases | 7550 | (59.6) | Other chronic respiratory diseases | 5230 | (47.8) | |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 4197 | (33.1) | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 4172 | (38.2) | |
Asthma | 921 | (7.3) | Asthma | 1531 | (14.0) | |
Diabetes | 3376 | (100.0) | 6333 | (100.0) | ||
Type 1 diabetes | 75 | (2.2) | Type 1 diabetes | 75 | (1.1) | |
Type 2 diabetes | 1694 | (50.2) | Type 2 diabetes | 3540 | (55.9) | |
Other diabetes mellitus | 1607 | (47.6) | Other diabetes mellitus | 2718 | (42.9) | |