title: [Frequency of hospitalization for respiratory disorders in 0-14-year-old children].
abstract: National hospital admission frequencies were analysed for asthma (ICD-9 code 493), acute bronchi(oli)tis (ICD-code 466), pneumonia and influenza (ICD-code 480-487), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ICD-code 490-492 and 496) for 1980-1989 by sex and according to age (0-4 years, 5-9 years, and 10-14 years). Rates per million of the childhood population per year were calculated and time trend analyses performed by least squares regression. In the age group 0-4 years the admission rates for the respiratory diseases were highest and a general tendency towards increasing rates was present, and significant trends were found for asthma and acute bronchi(oli)tis. In the age groups 5-9 years and 10-14 years the admissions rates were considerably lower and fluctuated with no trends to point to except for a significant increasing trend for acute bronchitis in girls aged 5-9 years and a significant decreasing trend for asthma in boys aged 10-14 years. From the presented data it can be concluded that in childhood the health issue with respect to the respiratory diseases concerns the very young in particular.
authors.affiliation: Rode Kruis Ziekenhuis, 's-Gravenhage.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wever-Hess
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wever
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000628:therapy; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000628:therapy; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Frequentie van ziekenhuisopname wegens respiratoire aandoeningen bij kinderen van 0-14 jaar.