title: [Diabetes mellitus as a cause of hospitalization in Poland, 1980-1999].
abstract: The objective of this paper was to assess the frequency and trends of hospitalization of patients with diabetes in Poland between 1980 and 1999. The analysis of data from 10% annual systematic random samples of all hospitalised cases revealed that patients hospitalized because of diabetes make 1.5% of all hospitalized cases. The respective hospitalization rates per 10,000 population for males were 7.9-16.4 for males and 10.9-20.4 for females in the years under study. Frequency of hospitalization of patients with diabetes for males and females was steadily increasing between 1984 and 1993 whereas certain decline was observed from 1994 onwards. In all analysed years the diabetes hospitalization rates were higher among females than males and among urban inhabitants than those living outside cities. The hospital fatality rate from diabetes (around 3% in last years) is higher than overall hospital fatality rate (1%) which may indicate that patients with diabetes admitted to hospital are in the greater risk of serious vascular complications and coexisting diseases. Over 50% of hospitalized cases were diagnosed with insulin-dependent diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Statystyki Medycznej Państwowego Zakładu Higieny w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Roszkowska
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goryński
authors.forename: Mirosław J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wysocki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data