title: Demographic and socio-economic patterns of hospitalization for infectious diseases in Israel.
abstract: Hospitalization rates in Israel for five common enteric communicable diseases were computed according to age, sex, religion, origin and place of residence. Higher rates were found for non-Jews of both sexes and males of all origins. Higher rates were also found for settlements inhabited by new immigrants of low socio-economic classes. These findings suggest that more emphasis should be placed upon sanitary improvements and education for better health, rather than on merely improving the health delivery system.
mesh_terms: D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*