Table 2.

The Commonest Presented Symptoms (Top 10 of Reasons for Encounter) at the Start of an Episode of Pneumonia*

ICPC CodeRFE at the Start of Pneumonia Episode†% Pneumonia Episodes With This Start RFE‡
R05Cough43
A03Fever27
R02Dyspnea16
R81Pneumonia7
A04Weakness/tiredness3
A05Feeling ill3
R74Acute upper respiratory infection2
R01Pain respiratory system2
L04Chest symptom/complaint1
R80Influenza1
Other symptoms14

  • ICPC, International Classification of Primary Care; RFE; reasons for encounter.

  • ↵* Pneumonia is coded as R81 in the 2005–2019 FaMe-Net dataset.

  • ↵† Number of new episodes of pneumonia: 3988.

  • ↵‡ Percentages cumulate to more than 100 since multiple RFEs can be recorded.