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Table 1 Basic demographics of patients with rare diseases (12-year cohort from 2005 to 2016)

From: Healthcare burden of rare diseases in Hong Kong – adopting ORPHAcodes in ICD-10 based healthcare administrative datasets

Study period

01–01-2005 to 31–12-2016

Total population

144,444

Total number of admissions

546,673

Male: female ratio

1:1.05

Paediatric (≤18 years): adult admission (> 18 years)

1:3.09