A study on the health status of residents affected by flood disasters / 中华流行病学杂志
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
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(12): 36-39, 2004.
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em Chinês
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the immediate and long-term effects of disasters caused by floods on residents health status.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Stratified sampling by ranks of flood disaster occurred in 1996 and 1998, flood disaster areas and control areas were carried out. A retrospective study was also carried out to study all diseases involved during 1996 - 1999.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The incident rates of acute infectious disease in flooding areas in 1996 and 1998 were both higher than those of non-flooding areas (863.181/100 000 and 736.591/100 000, respectively). But there was no different between the incident rate of the first years in flooding areas and that of non-flooding areas. The prevalence rates of 8 kinds of chronic diseases related to circulatory system, nervous system, digestive system, injury and poisonous diseases in flooding areas were also higher than that in the non-flooding areas. The highest incidence rates of most diseases were in the mountainous flooding areas, followed by areas collapsed by flooding, and the lowest were seen in soakedareas by floods. The incidence rates of intestinal infectious diseases and respiratory infectious diseases were lower in areas where prevention and control measures were weak.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Flood could lead to the increase of incidence rates both on acute infectious diseases and non-infectious diseases. Interventions on non-infectious diseases should also be enforced to stop the epidemics when preventing and controlling acute infectious disease.</p>
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Índice:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
China
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Características de Residência
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Nível de Saúde
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Doença Aguda
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Doença Crônica
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Epidemiologia
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Doenças Transmissíveis
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Desastres
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Chinês
Revista:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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