Morbidity Profile of Adolescents Admitted in a General Pediatric Ward.

ABSTRACT

We studied the morbidity pattern of inpatient adolescents over a period of 17 months. Of 32115 admissions in this period, 2742 were adolescents (39.7% females). 93.9% were partially immunized, 37.3% were malnourished, 2.8% were overweight and 56% were anemic. Dengue and dengue-like illness (528) were the most common illness.