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[Mortality from renal causes of death in an Italian population under 20 years of age in the 1979-1991 period].
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La Pediatria medica e chirurgica : Medical and surgical pediatrics [Pediatr Med Chir] 1997 Sep-Oct; Vol. 19 (5), pp. 365-8. - Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- The present paper addresses mortality from urinary diseases (ICD9 codes 580-599) in the Italian pediatric population aged 0-19 years, in the period 1979-91. Mortality data were obtained from the Italian National Statistical Institute (ISTAT). A total number of 522 deaths were recorded among people aged 0-19 years, amounting to 0.33% of all casualties. Half of these deaths were due to renal failure (ICD9 codes: 584-586). While mortality from all causes decreased by 35% among the Italian pediatric population, mortality from urinary diseases remained stable during the same period, and even increased in the age range 0-4 years (from 3.47 per million person-years in 1979 to 9.83 per million person-years in 1990; p < 0.001). This outbreak in mortality was entirely due to an increase in casualties from acute renal failure (ICD9 code: 584). In conclusion, since the increase in mortality from urinary diseases among Italian children aged 0-4 years takes place in the presence of a substantial drop in mortality from all causes, attention should be paid to this problem and surveillance systems should be reinforced.
Details
- Language :
- Italian
- ISSN :
- 0391-5387
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- La Pediatria medica e chirurgica : Medical and surgical pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9493229