Beggs Paul J, Vaneckova Pavla
Department of Physical Geography, Macquarie University.
N S W Public Health Bull. 2008 Jul-Aug;19(7-8):132-7. doi: 10.1071/nb07004.
The study examined the hospital admission rates and characteristics of patients experiencing severe heat-related morbidity in NSW using data from the NSW Health Inpatient Statistics Collection. The study covered the 11-year period from July 1993 to June 2004. ICD-10-AM. codes examined included T67 (effects of heat and light). There was an average of 91 admissions for each year due to a principal diagnosis of the effects of heat and light, with consistently more males than females admitted (1.7 : 1). Many of the admissions (39%) were of people 65 years of age or older. Most admissions (49%) occurred in the summer months of December and January.
该研究利用新南威尔士州卫生住院统计数据，调查了新南威尔士州严重热相关发病患者的住院率及特征。研究涵盖了1993年7月至2004年6月的11年期间。所检查的国际疾病分类第十版澳大利亚修订本（ICD-10-AM）编码包括T67（高温和光照的影响）。每年因高温和光照影响的主要诊断平均有91例入院，入院的男性始终多于女性（比例为1.7:1）。许多入院患者（39%）年龄在65岁及以上。大多数入院情况（49%）发生在12月和1月的夏季月份。
