Table 5 Classification of disease based on ICD (WHO, 2012)
1995(52nd) | 2004(60th) | 2014(71st) |
|---|---|---|
Infectious Disease | ||
  Diarrhoea/ dysentery | Diarrhoea/ dysentery | Fever with loss of consciousness or altered consciousness |
  Tetanus | Gastritis/gastric or peptic ulcer | Fever with rash/ eruptive lesions |
  Diphtheria | Worm infestation | Fever due to Diphtheria, Whooping cough |
  Whooping Cough | Amoebiosis | Tuberculosis |
  Meningitis and Viral Encephalitis | Tuberculosis | Filariasis |
  Chicken pox | Diseases of skin | Tetanus |
  Measles/German Measles | Sexually transmitted diseases(STD) | HIV/AIDS |
  Mumps | Malaria | Other sexually transmitted diseases |
  Acute respiratory infection (Including pneumonia) | Eruptive | Diarrheas/ dysentery etc. |
  Chronic Ameobiosis | Mumps | Worms infestation |
  Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Diphtheria | Discomfort/pain in the eye with redness or swellings/ boils |
| Â | Whooping cough | Acute upper respiratory infections (cold, runny nose etc.) |
  Sexually transmitted diseases | Tetanus | Cough with sputum with or without fever and NOT diagnosed as TB |
  Guinea Worm | Filariasis/Elephantiasis | Skin infection (boil, abscess, itching) |
  Filariasis (elephantiasis) |  |  |
  gastritis/hyper-acidity gastric/peptic ulcer |  |  |
Cardio Vascular Disease | ||
  Heart failure | Heart disease | Stroke/ hemiplegia |
  diseases of heart | Hypertension | Hypertension |
  high/low blood pressure | Heart disease: Chest pain, breathlessness, Cardio-vascular diseases | |
Non communicable Disease | ||
  Cerebral Stroke | Hepatitis/Jaundice | Jaundice |
  Cough and Acute bronchitis | Respiratory including ear | Cancer |
  Ailment relating to pregnancy & child birth | Bronchial asthma | Anaemia (any cause) |
  Jaundice | Diseases of kidney/urinary system | Bleeding disorders |
  Cancer | Prostatic disorders | Diabetes |
  Other tumours | Gynaecological disorders | Under-nutrition |
  (General debility) Anemia | Neurological disorders | Goitre and other diseases of the thyroid |
  Goitre & thyroid disorders | Psychiatric disorders | Others (including obesity), High Cholesterol |
  diabetes | Conjunctivitis | Cataract |
  beri beri | Glaucoma | Glaucoma |
  rickets | Cataract | Earache with discharge/bleeding from ear/ infections |
  other malnutrition diseases | Goitre | Bronchial asthma etc. |
  epilepsy | Diabetes mellitus | abnormality in urination |
  other diseases of nerves | Under-nutrition | Pelvic region/reproductive tract infection |
  piles | Anaemia | Change/irregularity in menstrual cycle |
  diseases of kidney/urinary system | Cancer and other tumours | Pregnancy with complications before or during labour |
  prostrate disorder |  | Complications in mother after birth of child |
| Â | Â | Illness in the newborn/ sick newborn |
Disability Disease | ||
  Diseases of eye | Disorders of joints and bones | Mental retardation |
  Acute diseases of ear | Locomotor | Mental disorders |
  Diseases of mouth, teeth and gum | Visual including blindness (excluding cataract) | Headache |
  Injury due to accident and violence | Speech | Seizures or known epilepsy |
  mental and behavioural disorder | Hearing | Weakness in limb muscles and difficulty in movements |
  visual disability (other than cataract) | Diseases of Mouth/Teeth/Gum | Others including Impaired cognition, memory loss, confusion |
  cataract | Accidents/Injuries/Burns/Fractures/Poisoning | Decreased vision |
  other diseases of eye |  | Others (including disorders of eye movements) |
  hearing disability |  | Decreased hearing or loss of hearing |
  other diseases of ear |  | Diseases of mouth/teeth/gums |
  speech disability |  | Joint or bone disease/ pain or swelling in any of the joints |
  diseases of mouth, teeth and gum |  | Back or body aches |
  hydrocele |  | Accidental injury, road traffic accidents and falls |
  pains in joints |  | Accidental drowning and submersion |
  other disorder of bones and joints |  | Burns and corrosions |
  locomotor disability |  | Poisoning |
  other congenital deformities (excluding disability) |  | Intentional self-harm |
| Â | Â | Assault |
Others Disease | ||
  Fever of Short duration | Fever of unknown origin | All other fevers(Includes malaria, typhoid and fevers of unknown origin,) |
  other diagnosed ailment (of less than 30 days) | Other diagnosed ailments | Pain in abdomen: Gastric and peptic ulcers/ acid reflux/ acute abdomen |
  Undiagnosed ailment (of less than 30 days) | Other undiagnosed ailments | Lump or fluid in abdomen or scrotum |
  other diagnosed ailment (of more than 30 days) |  | Gastrointestinal bleeding |
  Undiagnosed ailment (of more than 30 days) |  | Contact with venomous/harm-causing animals and plants |
| Â | Â | Symptom not fitting into any of above categories |
| Â | Â | Could not even state the main symptom |