ハリケーン・アンドリューの後の病率監視活動 - フロリダ州,1992年
L E Lee1, V Fonseca, K M Brett
1Division of Field Epidemiology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333.
JAMA
|August 4, 1993
まとめ
ハリケーン・アンドリューの後,負傷は,特に軍人の健康上の重大な問題でした. 噂にもかかわらず,フロリダ州デイド郡南部では広範囲にわたる感染症の発生は発生しませんでした.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 防災医療 災害医療について
背景:
- ハリケーン・アンドリューはフロリダ州デイド郡南部で大規模な被害をもたらし,健康状態の評価と病気の発生の検出を必要とした.
- 影響を受けた住民の健康への影響を理解することは,効果的な災害対応と公衆衛生計画に不可欠です.
研究 の 目的:
- ハリケーン・アンドリューの影響を受けた住民の健康状態を記述する.
- 感染地域における疾病の発生を積極的に監視し,検出する.
主な方法:
- 1992年8月30日から9月30日まで,フロリダ州デイド郡南部で活発な監視が行われました.
- 介護施設の訪問 (民間および軍事無料の介護施設,緊急診療室) は,胃腸疾患,呼吸器疾患,怪我,およびその他のインデックス状態をモニタリングしました.
- 特定の健康状態の流行を評価するために,比率的な罹病率と罹病率を計算しました.
主要な成果:
- 負傷,下痢,咳,その他の感染症,発疹,動物の咬傷は,民間医療施設で最も頻繁に見られる症状でした.
- 負傷および皮膚病/呼吸器疾患は,民間人と軍人の訪問の両方の軍事ケアサイトで顕著でした.
- 時間の経過とともに,怪我に関連した死亡率は減少したが,呼吸器疾患は増加し,下痢は安定したままでした. 感染症の発生は確認されなかった.
結論:
- 負傷は,ハリケーン後の期間に,特に軍人の間で,実質的な罹病率の源を代表しました.
- 当初の懸念にもかかわらず,腸内および呼吸器系病原体は,調査対象の集団において重大な疾病発生を引き起こさなかった.
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