Abstract:Objective To investigate the distribution law of diseases among 155,508 inpatients from 2012 to 2014 in a hospital. Methods The related disease data were classified according to ICD-10 based on the first diagnosis. Descriptive statistics and rank-sum ratio (RSR) test were adopted to analyze the disease constitution and variation trends. Meanwhile, based on correlation coefficient method and Chi-square test, the variation trends of inpatients were illustrated, and the sex, age and clinical outcomes of the patients were summarized. Results The variation trends of monthly inpatients were similar (r > 0.8). The male to female ratio decreased from 1.11 : 1 in 2012 to 1.06 : 1 in 2014. The inpatients aged 60 or above accounted for 32.03%. The cure rate in the patients was gradually increasing (χ2 = 35.84, P = 0.000), and the fatality rate was descending (χ2 = 7.95, P = 0.019). The inpatients from the managed counties, townships, cities and villages in Huaihua accounted for 57.38%. The top 5 systemic diseases were respiratory diseases, circulatory diseases, tumors, digestive diseases, infectious and parasitic diseases. It was found that the disease constitution did not change significantly in the past 3 years through RSR test (χ2 = 0.023, P = 0.991). The top 5 single diseases (ischemic heart diseases, pneumonia, cerebral vascular diseases, chronic bronchitis/emphysema and diabetes) were related to the age. Conclusions Common chronic diseases are the principal service of the hospital. We should reasonably allocate and coordinate the health resources based on the features of disease distribution.