Vaccine preventable diseases in eastern Maharashtra--a hospital based analysis

Indian Pediatr. 1991 Jun;28(6):629-33.

Abstract

A retrospective study of hospital admissions of six vaccine preventable diseases from 1982-86 was carried out to save as a baseline data for future evaluation of vaccination programmes. Children between 1-4 years predominated the admissions in all diseases except whooping cough. The frequency of admissions of tuberculosis showed no change. Measles showed classical cyclical trend. Male female ratio was 1.8: 1.0. The mortality rate in meningeal tuberculosis was not influenced by the immunization status. Relatively small number of admissions of diphtheria and whooping cough indicates a decline due to natural causes or due to intervention programmes.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Communicable Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Communicable Diseases / mortality
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • India / epidemiology
  • Infant
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Vaccination*