title: Incidence and impact of selected infectious diseases in childhood.
abstract: This report provides estimates of the lifetime and annual incidence of selected infectious diseases for children in various demographic groups. The social and health care impact of these diseases in terms of limitation in activity, bed days, school days lost, physician contacts, hospitalizations, surgery, and use of medication is also presented. The data are from the 1988 National Health Interview Survey on Child Health.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hardy
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007182:Income; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009309:National Center for Health Statistics, U.S.; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology