Citation

Goryński P, Roszkowska H. Przegl. Epidemiol. 1989; 43(4): 415-425.

Vernacular Title

Urazy i zatrucia u dzieci i mlodziezy w Polsce w latach 1980-1985 w swietle

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Panstwowy Zaklad Wydawnictw Lekarskich)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2641168

Abstract

The frequency of hospitalization of children and adolescents for traumas and intoxications in Poland in the years 1980-1985 was analysed on the basis of data obtained from the All-Polish Study of General Morbidity. Trauma and intoxications were the causes of about 16% of all hospitalizations in the age group 0-19 years. In the age group 15-19 years they were the most frequent causes of hospital stay. In all age groups the indices of hospitalization of children and adolescents in Poland were lower than in other countries. The most frequent causes of hospitalization for trauma and intoxication were in boys superficial lesions and contusions, and in girls--intoxications. In both sex groups fractures of extremities, cranial trauma and burns were frequent causes of hospitalization. Boys were hospitalized more frequently than girls, and this difference increased with age. No significant differences were found between children and adolescents from urban and rural areas in the total hospitalization rates, but some differences were noted between these areas in groups with various diagnoses.

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