Changes in the pattern of disease managed by general surgeons in New Zealand, 1940-80.
Changes in the pattern of disease managed by general surgeons in New Zealand, were assessed for the period 1940-80, using the public hospital admission and cancer incidence data of a representative selection of diseases. During the forty-year period, there was an increase in the incidence of four of the five cancers studied, and an increase in admission rate for non-specific abdominal pain, head injury (indicated by skull fracture), peripheral arterial disease (indicated by aortic aneurysm), gall-stone disease and pancreatitis, large bowel disorders and breast diseases. There was a decline in admission rate for appendicitis, stomach disorders and goitre.
D000005:Abdomen; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D009520:New Zealand; D059408:Pain Management; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000639:trends*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000639:trends*