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Table 1 Standardized discharge ratios (SDR) for SMI group compared to total population, for acute care discharges from all public hospitals in 2016–2019, aged 18–74, by sex and diagnoses (based on any diagnosis in hospital record)

From: People with serious mental illness are at higher risk for acute care hospitalization in Israel, 2000–2019

Diagnosis group (ICD-9-CM codes)

Standardized discharge ratios (SDRs)

Total number discharges

Total

Male

Female

All population

Thereof: SMI group

Infectious diseases (001–139)

3.9

4.0

3.9

144,421

4051

Cancer (140–208)

1.6

1.7

1.7

309,847

3556

Diabetes (250)

3.3

3.0

3.8

437,098

10,026

Circulatory (390–459)

2.7

2.4

3.0

879,583

16,401

Respiratory (460–519)

4.4

4.1

4.7

353,037

10,930

Digestive system diseases (520–579)

2.7

2.5

3.0

420,552

8260

Urinary diseases (580–599)

2.8

2.4

3.4

308,869

6040

Skin diseases (680–709)

3.7

3.5

3.8

115,439

3028

Musculoskeletal diseases (710–739)

2.6

2.4

2.8

242,929

4453

External (E800–E999)

5.7

4.7

7.1

259,296

10,567

All non-maternity discharges

2.6

2.7

2.7

2,525,192

47,701

Specific diagnoses

    

 Septicemia (038)

5.2

5.1

5.1

13,166

467

 Pneumonia and influenza (480–488)

5.3

5.1

5.4

66,161

2448

 Liver disease (571–573)

4.1

3.8

4.4

57,222

1683

 Chronic renal failure (584)

4.9

4.4

5.3

49,679

1648

 Acute renal failure (585)

2.7

2.4

3.3

106,658

1963

 Suicide and self-inflicted injury (E950–E959)

51.2

42.6

64.7

9588

3546

Maternity discharges

  

0.4

699,726

1331

  1. All SDRs were significant with p <  = 0.001