Abstract:Objective To study the characteristics of the disease spectrum of senior males and females inpatients. Methods The data of disease spectrum of senior males and females inpatients of Shishi city between the years of 2007 to 2012 were analyzed by the New Rural Cooperative Medical System (NCMS). The diseases were classified according to the International Classification of Diseases 10 (ICD-10).Results According to the data during last six years: (1) The ratio of males to females was 1.24:1. The age of 60 to 80 years old occupied around 90%. (2) The disease spectrum was similar and focused on some particular diseases between the males and females. The top five diseases occupied more than 73% of all the diseases. The ratios of the circulatory system diseases in the disease spectrum were the first in both genders. To be more exactly, it was higher in females than that of males. The ratio of tumor patients was higher in males than that of females; the diseases of respiratory system and the digestive system were the third and the forth in males, they were fluctuated between the second to the fourth place in females. The diseases of the urogenital system in males came to the fifth, but eye and adnexa diseases as well as endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease were the fifth or the sixth in females. (3) As the analysis of each single disease, the cerebrovascular disease, hypertension and the coronary heart disease (CHD) were the top three diseases in the circulatory system. The ratio of cancer patients is higher in males than that of females. However, the ratio of the diabetes and cataract were higher in females than that of males. Conclusion The ratios of the circulatory system diseases occupied the first in senior patients. Between genders, the characteristics of disease spectrum of senior patients were different. Therefore, prevention and control of senile diseases, as well as treatment should be carried out according to the characteristics of the disease spectrum in senior patients.
王翠玲,魏东红,朱丹丹,吴健民. 石狮市2007~2012年老年人住院疾病谱分析[J]. 实用预防医学, 2014, 21(10): 1161-1164.
Wang Cuiling, Wei Donghong, Zhu Dandan, Wu Jianming. The Analysis of the Disease Spectrum of the Senior Inpatients in Shishi city from the year of 2007 to 2012. , 2014, 21(10): 1161-1164.