Holman R C, Curns A T, Kaufman S F, Cheek J E, Pinner R W, Schonberger L B
Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS A-39, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2001 Mar;91(3):425-31. doi: 10.2105/ajph.91.3.425.
This study sought to describe trends in hospitalizations associated with infectious diseases among American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Infectious disease hospitalizations and rates among American Indians and Alaska Natives from 1980 through 1994 were examined via Indian Health Service hospital discharge data and compared with published trends for the general US population.
Annual hospitalization rates for infectious diseases among American Indians and Alaska Natives decreased by 31.0% between 1980 and 1994. Infectious disease hospitalizations accounted for 16.3% of all hospitalizations in 1980 and 21.2% in 1994, an increase of 30.1%. In 1994, the age-adjusted infectious disease hospitalization rate for American Indians and Alaska Natives was 1863 per 100,000 population, approximately 21% greater than that for the general US population.
Hospitalization trends for infectious diseases show that there has been improvement in the health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives but also indicate that this population has a higher infectious disease burden than the general US population.
本研究旨在描述美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民中与传染病相关的住院趋势。
通过印第安卫生服务机构的医院出院数据，对1980年至1994年期间美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民的传染病住院情况及发病率进行了研究，并与美国总体人群已公布的趋势进行了比较。
1980年至1994年期间，美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民中传染病的年度住院率下降了31.0%。传染病住院病例在1980年占所有住院病例的16.3%，在1994年占21.2%，增长了30.1%。1994年，美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民经年龄调整后的传染病住院率为每10万人1863例，比美国总体人群高出约21%。
传染病住院趋势表明，美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民的健康状况有所改善，但也表明该人群的传染病负担高于美国总体人群。
