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A chronological map of 308 physical and mental health conditions from 4 million individuals in the English National Health Service

Kuan, V. et al. The Lancet Digital Health, 1 (2): pp e63-e77

To effectively prevent, detect, and treat health conditions that affect people during their lifecourse, health-care professionals and researchers need to know which sections of the population are susceptible to which health conditions and at which ages. Hence, we aimed to map the course of human health by identifying the 50 most common health conditions in each decade of life and estimating the median age at first diagnosis.

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