[School absenteeism in adolescent girls due to gynecologic diseases and conditions]

A distribution is made of excuse for the non-attendance at school of adolescent girls, by which two groups of health disorders could be distinguished, one group including excuses for the non-attendance of up to one day for painful syndromes, contraception, menstrual trouble, examinations for suspected pregnancy, vaginal candidiasis, condyloma, pediculosis, and the inflammation of the urinary bladder, and the other group including excuses for the non-attendance of 2-5 days for non-specific inflammations of the vagina, vulva and cervix, abortion, pelvic inflammatory disorders, vaginal trichomoniasis, and injuries. Rarely encountered disorders were dealt with from case to case. The highest average number of excuse days (4.8) related to abortion. The excuse made most frequently (220) were those relating to painful syndromes, 48.1% of the total number of the excuse, averaging 1.2 days per excuse. The total average per excuse was 1.6 days.