Admissions: Top 10 Reasons for Being Admitted to Hospital

These are the statistics on the most common reasons for hospital admission in Singapore.

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Top 10 Reasons for Hospitalisation in Singapore


 ​2019
​2020
2021​
Total No. of Discharges ('000) ​647.4
585.8596.2
% of Total Discharges
1. Accident, poisoning and violence
[ICD10AM : S00-T98]
​8.5
​8.4
​9.8
2. Cancer
[ICD10AM : C00-C96]
​5.6
5.5​​5.3
3. Ischaemic heart diseases
[ICD10AM : I20-I25]
​3.0
2.9​3.0​
4. Pneumonia
[ICD10AM : J12-J18]
3.1​3.1​2.6​
5.Other heart diseases
[ICD10AM: I00-I09, I26-I52]
2.3
2.2​2.4​
6. Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
[ICD10AM : L00-L08]
​2.3
2.3​​2.1
7.Cerebrovascular diseases (including stroke)
[ICD10AM : I60-I69]
2.0
2.1
2.0​
8. Intestinal infectious diseases
[ICD10AM: A00-A09]
2.9
1.9​1.9​
9. Diabetes mellitus
[ICD10AM : E10-E14]
1.8
​1.9
1.9​
10.Disorder of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas
[ICD10AM : K80-K87]
​1.7
1.8​1.8​

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