All issues > Volume 23(4); 1980

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1980;23(4):261-268. Published online April 15, 1980.

The Statistical Observation for Pediatric Inpatients.

Keun Chan Sohn, Hyung Ki Ko, Ho Woong Doh, Yeun Ki Kim, Esook Oh, Soon Yong Lee, Seung Kyu Lee, Du Bong Lee

¹The Statistics Committee of Korean Pediatric Association, Korea.

Abstract

Statistical analysis according to W.H.O. classification for the patients admitted to 11 hospitals during the years of Jan. 1974 to Dec. 1975 was made. The result obtaind were as follows: 1) Total No. of patients were 15,885 2) Infections and parasitic disease were the most frequent, 4655 cases (29.3%) and respiratory tract disease the next, 3,516 cases(22.13%) 3) Major leading causes of hospitalization were pneumonia, 12.5% of all patients, ingectious diarrhea, hyperbilirubinemia and postmaturity, prematurity, upper respiratory tract infection nephritis and bronchiolitis in order of incidence.

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