Causes of Admissions of Rural African Patients to Murchison Hospital, Natal, South Africa
| Autor: | Alexander R. P. Walker, Walker Bf, M.J. Dunn, S.E. Dunn |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Black People Poison control Rural Health Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health South Africa 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Injury prevention Humans Medicine Disease 030212 general & internal medicine Child Pregnancy business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry Hospitalization Pneumonia Child Preschool Female Epidemiologic Methods business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Royal Society of Health. 114:33-38 |
| ISSN: | 0264-0325 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/146642409411400107 |
| Popis: | An analysis has been made of causes of admission of black patients in 1991 to Murchison Hospital, Port Shepstone, Natal. Of 667 5 total admissions, 6329 (95%) were classifiable. Of the latter, 1462 (23%) were aged 12 years and-younger, namely, 763 boys and 699 girls. Their chief causes of admission were pneumonia, gastroenteritis, trauma, acute glomerular nephritis, and malnutritional diseases. Of 4867 adults (73%), 1536 were males and 3331 females. Among men, chief causes were tuberculosis, congestive cardiac failure, hypertension and cerebral vascular accidents. Among women, apart from preg nancy, chief causes of admission were disorders of pregnancy, tuberculosis, congestive cardiac failure, pneumonia, diabetes, and hypertension. Of western diseases, 3.9% of adults were admitted for diabetes, and 2.8% for asthma. The general pattern of admissions is similar to that in other rural hospitals. The causes of admissions are discussed, regarding (1) public health improvements occurring, and (2) means of promoting further improvements by (a) community self-help, and (b) help from State health and other services. |
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