Housing standards, social group, and respiratory infections in children of Upernavik, Greenland.
During one year, contacts with the health service due to respiratory infections--including diseases of ear, nose, and throat--were studied in the 310 children of Upernavik town. 166 contacts were recorded. Children from low socio-economic groups had been expected to have a higher overall contact rate than other children, but this did not prove to be so. The disease pattern of these children was characterized by a low level of contacts due to certain acute respiratory infections and a high level of contacts due to chronic purulent otitis media, compared with children from higher socio-economic groups. The differences did not reach statistical significance, however.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006116:Greenland; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010035:Otitis Media, Suppurative / Q000453:epidemiology; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012923:Social Class; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000453:epidemiology