TY - JOUR
T1 - Diverging trends in gastroenteritis hospitalizations during 2 decades in western australian aboriginal and non-aboriginal children
AU - Moore, Hannah
AU - Manoharan, K.R.
AU - Lim, F.J.
AU - Shellam, Geoffrey
AU - Lehmann, Deborah
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - BACKGROUND: Gastroenteritis is a major cause of pediatric morbidity. We describe temporal, spatial and seasonal trends in age-specific gastroenteritis hospitalizations among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian children during 2 decades, providing a baseline to evaluate the impact of a rotavirus vaccine program begun in 2007. METHODS: We conducted a population-based, data linkage study of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal births in Western Australia, 1983 to 2006, and analyzed gastroenteritis-coded hospitalizations before age 15 years in the cohort of 596,465 births. Hospitalization rates in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children and between geographical regions were compared between 1983 to 1994 and 1995 to 2006. RESULTS: Gastroenteritis rates were highest in children 6-11 months of age (Aboriginal: 259.3/1000/annum; non-Aboriginal: 22.7/1000/annum). Rates declined in Aboriginal children between 1983 to 1994 and 1995 to 2006, particularly in those 12-17 months of age (309/1000 to 179/1000). Rates in non-Aboriginal children
AB - BACKGROUND: Gastroenteritis is a major cause of pediatric morbidity. We describe temporal, spatial and seasonal trends in age-specific gastroenteritis hospitalizations among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian children during 2 decades, providing a baseline to evaluate the impact of a rotavirus vaccine program begun in 2007. METHODS: We conducted a population-based, data linkage study of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal births in Western Australia, 1983 to 2006, and analyzed gastroenteritis-coded hospitalizations before age 15 years in the cohort of 596,465 births. Hospitalization rates in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children and between geographical regions were compared between 1983 to 1994 and 1995 to 2006. RESULTS: Gastroenteritis rates were highest in children 6-11 months of age (Aboriginal: 259.3/1000/annum; non-Aboriginal: 22.7/1000/annum). Rates declined in Aboriginal children between 1983 to 1994 and 1995 to 2006, particularly in those 12-17 months of age (309/1000 to 179/1000). Rates in non-Aboriginal children
U2 - 10.1097/INF.0b013e31829dd34e
DO - 10.1097/INF.0b013e31829dd34e
M3 - Article
C2 - 23958809
VL - 32
SP - 1169
EP - 1174
JO - Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, The
JF - Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, The
SN - 0891-3668
IS - 11
ER -
