[Epidemiological survey of children's acute diarrhea in 7 province and one city].
This study was carried out in 7 MCH model counties of seven provinces and one city of China (Xinhui of Guangdong; Putian of Fujan; Lunan of Yunnan Renshou of Sichuan; Macheng of Hubei Lintong of Shanxi; Nanjiao of Shanxi and Beijing city). 10287 children under the age of 5 were selected for epidemiological monitoring. A monthly 3-day survey was employed. This paper is based on 119088 times of analysis in 1986. According to observations in the 7 model counties, the rural annual morbidity of DD is 201% (average 2.01 +/- 0.03 times/person year), the average monthly morbidity is 16.8%, and the annual mortality is 0.51%, The results of observations in Beijing were: The annual morbidity was 45.3% (average 0.45 +/- 0.03 times/person/year), average monthly morbidity was 3.7%, and there was no death in the children under monitoring children. The results showed that the highest morbidity was under the age of 1 year and, the next was in the 1-2 year group. In the model counties the patients under 2 years was 70.94% of thetotal and in Beijing city it was 78.12%. The relationship between such factors as sex, season, weather, body weight, development and diarrhea is analyzed.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence