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Table 2 Comparison of disease prevalence rates by ACG and Department of Health (DOH), Taiwan

From: Quantifying morbidities by Adjusted Clinical Group system for a Taiwan population: A nationwide analysis

Disease markers

Prevalence rate (per 1,000 NHI enrollees)

 

DOH

ACG

Asthma

34.4

33.6

Benign prostate hypertrophy

15.0

15.6

Cataract

28.7

29.8

Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases

38.0

36.0

Cardiac arrhythmia

18.5

18.6

Cerebrovascular diseases

21.1

21.5

Diabetes

44.4

50.0

Hepatitis

49.2

54.0

Hypertension

91.7

110.2

Malignant tumors

15.0

16.1

Otitis media

31.5

30.1

Parkinson diseases

2.78

3.00

Pulmonary tuberculosis

5.8

7.5

Complications in pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium

20.0

19.1

Urinary tract stones

15.1

18.1