Descripción de la morbilidad reportada en el sistema de vigilancia epidemiológica de los XVII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe, Puerto Rico, 1993 / Description of morbidity notified in the epidemiologic surveillance system of XVII Central American and Caribbean Sport Games, Puerto Rico, 1993

ABSTRACT

The objective of the epidemiological surveillance system for the XVII Central American and Caribbean Sports Games in 1993 in Puerto Rico was to estimate the morbidity related to infectious diseases and sports injuries during the competitions. In the village hospital a total of 794 medical consultations were reported; 57.7 per cent of the patients were athletes. Among athletes, the rate of consultation was 10.4 for every 100 participants. The consultations were more frequent in males (535, 67.4 per cent ). The analysis by country of origin revealed that the athletes from Guatemala (42, 9.2 per cent ) and Jamaica (35, 7.6 per cent ) used the services more frequently. The incidence of consultations by sport was higher in field hockey (47, 10.3 per cent ), followed by athletics (46, 10 per cent ), and softball (36, 7.9 per cent ). The most frequent diagnoses were injuries--302, 38.04 per cent ; of these 229 (75.8 per cent ) were athletes--,conditions of the respiratory system (180, 22.67 per cent ), problems of the skin and mucous membranes (85, 10.71 per cent ), and problems of the gastrointestinal tract (56, 7.05 per cent ). The severity of the majority of the conditions was mild and required primary care health professionals