Child morbidity in the Kingston metropolitan area, Jamaica 1983.
The case reports of all children admitted to public and private hospitals in the Kingston metropolitan area were examined for an analysis, by special areas, of spatial variations in child morbidity. A Poisson probability test was applied in order to determine areas of significant excesses in admission rates and three special areas selected for a child health survey. At the 0.025 significance level 20 of the 72 special areas had significantly higher and three significantly lower levels of admission. The survey confirmed the pattern revealed by hospital admissions and suggested that the children of young, unemployed and single women may be particularly vulnerable.
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Department of Geography, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica.
D000059:Accidents; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007563:Jamaica; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors