Table 3

Breakdown of all-cause emergency room visit and hospitalisation outcome for cannabis users for the top 100 ICD-10 diagnostic codes recorded

CauseFrequency (%)
Acute trauma15.1
Respiratory14.2
Gastrointestinal13.3
Miscellaneous*11.3
Genitourinary11.0
Muscle/joint pain8.0
Infection (that does not fall into any of the other categories)6.8
Mental health5.4
Cardiovascular5.4
Neurologic3.3
Dermatologic3.2
Cancer-related3.0
  • *Includes items like attention to dressings/sutures, issuing of a repeat drug prescription, follow-up on results of investigations, non-specific symptoms (eg, dizziness), etc.