Prevalence of typhoid fever among patients attending Saddam general hospital in Kirkuk

A retrospective study was carried out in Saddam general hospital at Kirkuk city for the period of January to September 1996 to investigate the prevalence of typhoid fever disease. A total of 136 patients were recognized as typhoid fever. Forty two were males while 94 were females. The age group of 20-29 years was the most frequent group [25%] and over 90% of cases were urban in residence while 38.2% of patients were housewives. The relation of some clinical symptoms and laboratory diagnosis with occurrence of disease was also studied