Table 2.

Overall Percentage of Visits for Each Diagnosis and Percentage of Visits for Each Season

Family Physician DiagnosisSubjects With Diagnosis No. (%)Summer %Fall %Winter %Spring %
* P <.001 (based on summer = June, July, August).
URI = upper respiratory tract infection; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
1. Hypertension*1,462 (11.1)12.612.29.910.0
2. URI*1,450 (11.0)5.711.515.110.8
3. Physical examination1,125 (8.6)9.18.08.29.0
4. Diabetes696 (5.3)5.96.04.44.9
5. Sinusitis*625 (4.8)3.34.45.85.4
6. Bronchitis*614 (4.7)2.54.46.35.2
7. Degenerative joint disease529 (4.0)4.24.43.73.8
8. Asthma*485 (3.7)2.63.34.73.8
9. Otitis*425 (3.2)1.82.54.53.8
10. Depression380 (2.9)3.32.92.72.8
11. Hypercholesterolemia367 (2.8)2.93.42.12.9
12. Rhinitis*358 (2.7)2.51.82.44.3
13. Back pain357 (2.7)3.22.52.13.2
14. Obesity*265 (2.0)2.91.81.52.0
15. Urinary tract infection263 (2.0)2.21.91.72.3
16. Pregnancy*240 (1.8)2.12.32.20.7
17. Headache (includes migraine)224 (1.7)1.52.11.81.4
18. Coronary artery disease*201 (1.5)2.11.81.60.7
19. COPD193 (1.5)1.61.61.61.2
20. Neck pain190 (1.4)1.81.71.01.3
21. Contact dermatitis189 (1.4)1.61.41.31.5
22. Anxiety186 (1.4)1.61.21.41.5
23. Hypothyroidism168 (1.3)1.21.41.21.2