All issues > Volume 36(5); 1993

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1993;36(5):615-625. Published online May 15, 1993.

The Statistical Observations for Pediatric Inpatients (1971-1990)

Hwa Ja HJ Kim¹, Yong Min YM Jung¹, Sang Kyu SK Park¹, Ho Jin HJ Park¹, Mi Ja MJ Shin¹, Suk Chul SC Kang¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Seoul Red Cross Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

We observed the patients admitted to the department of pediatrics Seoul Red Cross Hospital during the past twenty years from Jan. 1971 to Dec. 1990 The results were as follows: 1) The total number of pediatric inpatients during 20 years was 15,800, of which 9,683 were male, 6,117 were female and male to female ratio was 1.58:1 2) On age distribution, neonates and infants less than 1 year of age were 6,224 cases (39.4%). 3) Monthly distribution of the inpatients showed the highest incidents in October. 4) Infectious and parasitic diseases were 4,759 cases (30.1%) and respiratory tract diseases, 3,556 cases (22.5%) and disease of these two group occupied more than one half of total admission. 5) Major 10 leading causes of hospitalzation were diarrheal disease (14.2%), con vulsion (7.0%), acute bronchiolitis (6.8%), pneumonia, tuberculosis, URI, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, prematurity and low birth weight infant,acute glomerulonephritis and laryngitis in the order of frequency. 6) There was marked decrease in the number of the admitted patients with typhoid fever, bacillary dysentery, tuberculous meningitism hepatitis, pyogenic meningitis, rheumatic fever, and acute glomerulonphritis, But the patients with URI, bronchial asthma, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and Kawasaki disease have increased

Keywords :Statistics, Pediatric inpatients