J Korean Pediatr Soc.  1993 May;36(5):615-625.

The statistical observations for pediatric inpatients(1971-1990)

• Kim HJ
• Jung YM
• Park SK
• Park HJ
• Shin MJ
• Kang SC

Abstract

We observed the patients admitted to the department of pediatrics of Seoul Red Cross Hospital during the past twenty years form Jan. 1971 to Dec. 1990. The results were as follows: 1) The total number of pediatric inpatients during 20 years was 15,800, of which 9,683 were male, 6,117 were female and male to female ratio was 1.58:1. 2) On age distribution, neonates and infants less than 1 year of age were 6,224 cases (39.4%). 3) Monthly distribution of the inpatients showed the highest incidence in October. 4) Infectious and parasitic diseases were 4,759 cases (30.1%) and respiratory tract diseases, 3,556 cases (22.5%) and disease of these two group occupied more than one half of total admission. 5) Major 10 leading causes of hospitalization were diarrheal disease (14.2%), convulsion (7.0%), acute bronchiolitis (6.8%), pneumonia, tuberculosis, URI, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, prematurity and low birth weight infant, acute glomerulonephritis and laryngitis in the order of frequency. 6) There was marked decrease in the number of the admitted patients with typhoid fever, bacillary dysentery, tuberculous meningitis, hepatitis, pyogenic meningitis, rheumatic fever, and acute glomerulonephritis. But the patients with URI, bronchial asthma, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and Kawasaki disease have increased.

Keyword

Statistics; Pediatric inpatients

MeSH Terms

Age Distribution
Asthma
Bronchiolitis
Dysentery, Bacillary
Female
Glomerulonephritis
Hepatitis
Hospitalization
Humans
Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Inpatients
Laryngitis
Male
Meningitis
Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
Parasitic Diseases
Pediatrics
Pneumonia
Red Cross
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Rheumatic Fever
Seizures
Seoul
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Meningeal
Typhoid Fever