PREVALENCE OF CHILDHOOD PNEUMONIA DURING 5 YEARS IN BAGHDAD
Dr. Yasir Khudhair Abbas*
ABSTRACT
Background: Pneumonia is one of the respiratory diseases caused by exposure to both lungs, or one of them for infection, or inflammation. Aim: To identify the prevalence of pneumonia during the study period among childhood. Method: A retrospective cross sectional study was carried out at the Life Statistics Center of the Iraqi Ministry of Health within 3 months. Data was entered to Excel sheet and the STATA software program was used to analyze this data and make tables and graphs. Results: We found the highest percentage of pneumonia cases were (31.5%) in the 2015, followed by (25.5%), (15.6%), (14.5%) and (12.9%) in 2014, 2017, 2018 and in 2016, respectively. Conclusion: We conclude that the higher percentage of pneumonia cases occurs during 2014 and the low percentage was in 2018. There is a highly significant relation found between the patient condition and years at the p. value less than 0.05. Children should also be vaccinated against other potential causes of pneumonia, including influenza, H. influenza type b, pertussis, varicella, and measles.
Keywords: Pneumonia, Child, Condition, Baghdad, Vaccine.
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