title: Vaccine preventable diseases in eastern Maharashtra--a hospital based analysis.
abstract: A retrospective study of hospital admissions of six vaccine preventable diseases from 1982-86 was carried out to save as a baseline data for future evaluation of vaccination programmes. Children between 1-4 years predominated the admissions in all diseases except whooping cough. The frequency of admissions of tuberculosis showed no change. Measles showed classical cyclical trend. Male female ratio was 1.8: 1.0. The mortality rate in meningeal tuberculosis was not influenced by the immunization status. Relatively small number of admissions of diphtheria and whooping cough indicates a decline due to natural causes or due to intervention programmes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sewagram, Wardha.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bharambe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014611:Vaccination