All issues > Volume 12(7); 1969

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1969;12(7):369-398. Published online July 31, 1969.

Clinical Observation of Patients Hospitalized during the Past 5 Years

Jae Bum Lee¹, Suk Kyu Kim¹, Chung Yuli Park¹, Jip Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics of Taegu Presbyterian Hospital

Abstract

We have observed 3, 759 children patients (excluding orphans), classified by disease, age, sex, and season, who were admitted to out hospital during the past 5 years-1963 to 1969. In classifying the disease, the following results have been obtained: of the total 3,759 patients, 1,172 (31.19%) were infectious diseases, 817 (21. 73%) were respiratory diseases, 743 (19. 77%) were new， born diseases and 272 (7. 23%) were poisonings. It also showed that the number of newborn disease increased every year, and it was a surprise to find that :the number of poisonings were of a high percentage. In classifying the cases by sex, the following are the results: 2,591 (69. 09%) were male and 1,163 (30. 91%) were female which is 2 : 1 ratio. To classify them by season; 1,058 (28.15%) cases happend in the summer, 1,012 (26. 92%) in the fall, 935 (24.15%) in the spring, and 751 (19. 98%) difference is relatively insignificant. To classify them by age; 2,305 (61. 295%) patients fell in the age group of 1 month to 6-years which held the highest percentage.

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