descriptive study of cerebrovascular disease in Basrah General Hospital for the period 1985-1994

This study was carried out in Basrah General Hospital. Patients records of the medical wards for the period 1985-1994 were used to study the size of the problem and trend of cerebrovascular disease [CVD]. Medical records of 1994 were further used to study the seasonal distribution of the disease. CVD showed an increasing trend with a peak in 1993. The seasonal peak of admission in 1994 was from November-March. Over the 10 years period, the case fatality ratio [CFR] was 24.3% and CFR for the period 1985-1989 [before economic sanction] was lower than the CFR for the period 1990-1994 [during economic sanction]. CFR for 1994 was 21%. Deaths among males was higher than that among females. The occurrence of the disease was increasing with age in both sexes. Mean age for males was 62 +/- 11.6 years and for females was 61.1 +/- 10.6 years. The clinical manifestation showed that 46% were conscious on admission, 78% had hemiplegia, 34% had speech deficit and 38% had cranial nerve palsy. The mean period of hospitalization for survived patients was 8.5 +/- 5.1 days and for dead patients was 5.6 +/- 4.2 days, 85% of patients were hypertensive, 23% were diabetic and 16% were having ischemic heart disease [IHD]. Eighteen% were hypertensives and diabetics, while 11% were hypertensive and having IHD

Situación transversa: morbimortalidad / Transverse lie: morbidity and mortality

En un período de 15 años se atendieron 79.917 partos, de los cuales 262 (0,33

Mortalidad prematura por algunas causas de defunción seleccionadas: Cuba 1981 / Premature mortality for some selected causes of death: Cuba 1981

En el presente trabajo se aplica un procedimiento demográfico que permite, a partir del número de defunciones que ocurren por una causa determinada en los distintos grupos de edades, obtener una estimación de la mortalidad prematura por medio del indicador "años de vida potencialmente perdidos" por la población, como consecuencia de la acción sobre todo a edades tempranas de dicha causa de muerte. Los resultados del estudio muestran, por medio de los índices calculados, cómo se comportó la mortalidad prematura en la población cubana durante el año 1981, por todas las causas y por las 10 principales causas de defuncion; lo cual pone de manifiesto la necesidad de continuar profundizando en la vigilancia epidemiológica, la prevención y promoción de salud, en cuanto a las causas estudiadas, a fin de contribuir a una mayor prolongación y calidad de la vida