Peterson Christina A, Calderon Rebecca L
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Am J Epidemiol. 2003 Jan 1;157(1):58-65. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwf172.
The authors examined rates of and trends in enteric disease as a cause of death in the United States. The National Center for Health Statistics Multiple Cause of Death databases for 1989-1996 were analyzed for International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, codes for gastroenteritis due to infectious agents and codes describing illness with other enteric pathogens. The highest rates of death related to enteric diseases were seen among people older than 75 years, followed by children under 1 year of age. Rates increased markedly over time in the 65- to 74-year age group for bacterial enteric pathogens and in the 35- to 44-year age group for viral enteric pathogens. Enteric diseases were the underlying cause of death for an average of 2,740 deaths during each year of this study, and the rate of death due to enteric-related disease is increasing.
作者研究了在美国作为死亡原因的肠道疾病的发生率和趋势。对国家卫生统计中心1989 - 1996年的多重死因数据库进行了分析，以查找国际疾病分类第九版中传染病所致肠胃炎的编码以及描述其他肠道病原体所致疾病的编码。与肠道疾病相关的最高死亡率出现在75岁以上人群中，其次是1岁以下儿童。在65至74岁年龄组中，细菌性肠道病原体导致的死亡率随时间显著上升；在35至44岁年龄组中，病毒性肠道病原体导致的死亡率随时间显著上升。在本研究的每年中，肠道疾病平均导致2740人死亡，且与肠道相关疾病的死亡率正在上升。
