Top 20 Illnesses in the Philippines in 2011, by Philhealth Claims

Here are the top 20 illnesses in the Philippines, based on the number of claims paid by Philhealth over the period from January 1 to December 31, 2011.

Note: Be reminded that this list may not represent the actual top diseases across the country, as not all hospitalizations are covered by Philhealth.

Note also that Numbers 4, 5 and 19 are not illnesses; these are maternity and newborn care procedures.

Rank	Illness	No. of Claims
1	Chronic renal failure	334,135
2	Pneumonia	327,515
3	Diarrhoea and gastroenteritis	246,999
4	Single spontaneous delivery (normal childbirth)	208,060
5	Liveborn infant care	146,520
6	Other disorders of urinary system	132,539
7	Essential (primary) hypertension	88,894
8	Dengue haemorrhagic fever	78,151
9	Acute upper respiratory infections	70,617
10	Senile cataract	69,920
11	Chronic nephritic syndrome	67,922
12	Gastritis and duodenitis	63,381
13	Asthma	61,219
14	Malignant neoplasm of breast	53,936
15	Dengue fever (classic dengue)	53,227
16	Amoebiasis	53,204
17	Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers	42,411
18	Acute bronchitis	38,163
19	Single delivery by caesarean section	37,398
20	Bacterial sepsis of newborn	33,173

Over the period from 2010, chronic renal failure surpassed pneumonia to become the top illness in 2011, based on number of Philhealth claims.

Source: philhealth.gov.ph

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