Frequency of diagnosis of the most common discrepant diagnoses, by sex
| Diagnosis | Number of overall diagnoses | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | |
| Pulmonary thromboembolism | 30 | 33 | 63 |
| Pneumonia | 31 | 18 | 49 |
| Congestive cardiac failure | 27 | 23 | 50 |
| Myocardial infarction | 19 | 14 | 33 |
| Sepsis | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| Cerebrovascular accident | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| Meningitis | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Primary brain tumours | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Infective endocarditis | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Subarachnoid haemorrhage | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Total | 161 | 128 | 289 |