Title: Epidemiological characteristics of public health emergencies in Jiangsu Province,2006-2011
Abstract:Objective To examine epidemiological characteristics and the trend in public health emergencies occurred in Jiangsu Province as a basis of suggestions on risk management,establishment of prevention an...Objective To examine epidemiological characteristics and the trend in public health emergencies occurred in Jiangsu Province as a basis of suggestions on risk management,establishment of prevention and control strategies.Methods Analysis was based on the data of all the public health emergencies by direct network reporting from 2006 to 2011,which were downloaded from The Public Health Emergency Reporting and Management System.Descriptive epidemiological method was used.Results There were 512 public health emergencies reported from 2006 to 2011 in the province.There were 20 613 incident cases and 36 deaths,which affected a population of 3.43 million.Yangzhou,Nantong and Lianyungang were the areas with the greatest number of the events.Schools were the main venue where these emergencies took place.Most of the emergencies were graded as common events.Bimodal distribution was observed with the peaks in Mar.-May and Sep.-Nov.Of all these events,infectious ones were the main type(over 80%).Influenza,chickenpox,hand-foot-and-mouth disease and epidemic parotitis were main causes of these events.Food poisoning was mainly composed of bacterial food poisoning.Summer was a higher incident season.Significant disparity in geographical distribution existed for occupational poisoning events.It was found that 71.43% of chemical events occurred in Wuxi and Suzhou.Conclusions Prevention and control on respiratory infectious diseases should be further strengthened.Those public health emergencies occurred in schools should be of great concern.Surveillance and management of food hygiene should be stricter during a higher incident season.Training on knowledge and regulations of occupational health for small and medium sized high-poisonous industrial enterprises and establishment of occupational protection measurements are needed.Read More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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