[Availability of coronarography based on the examinations performed in the Haemodynamic Laboratory of the Medical University of Gdansk].
The coronary disease is nowadays one of the main causes of death in Poland. To fight epidemy of the coronary disease, not only the prevention and proper treatment are necessary, but the sufficient availability of the diagnostic methods, as well. The aim of our work was to evaluate the availability of coronarography among the patients from Northern Poland. We analysed the data of the patients who underwent the coronarography in years 1997-1998. During that time there were 3916 examined patients. In the analysis the sex, age and place of residence were taken into consideration. Women were 28.93% of all the diagnosed patients. The sex structure basically didn't differ according to the place of residence (city--women 28.7%, village--30.64%). The average age of the diagnosed patients was 58 years. There was a statistically significant difference between the average age of women and men (women 59 years, while men 57 years). The age distribution varied also in the statistically significant degree according to the place of living--the average age of village people was 56 years, little cities 58 years, big cities 59 years. The village people were only 10% of all diagnosed patients. In the analysis of the collected data significant differences in availability of coronarography were found-especially between rural and urban areas. Also the age and sex of the diagnosed patients varied significantly-most probably due to the distribution of the risk factors.
Zakładu Higieny i Epidemiologii Instytutu Medycyny Społecznej, Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku. horabik@amg.gda.pl
Anna
A
Horabik
Paweł
P
Zagozdzon
Andrzej
A
Rynkiewicz
Dariusz
D
Ciećwierz
Paweł
P
Skarzyński
Leszek
L
Zaborski
D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D012423:Rural Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends