| Author/Editor | Grobovšek-Opara, Sonja; Vrhovec, Nevija; Šelb, Jožica | |
| Title | Epidemiologija ulkusne bolezni v Sloveniji | |
| Translated title | Epidemiology of ulcer disease in Slovenia | |
| Type | članek | |
| Source | Krka Med Farm | |
| Vol. and No. | Letnik 15, št. Suppl 1 | |
| Publication year | 1994 | |
| Volume | str. 5-13 | |
| Language | slo | |
| Abstract | In Slovenia, no studies were performed investigating the incidence and prevalence of ulcer disease. Therefore, the epidemiological situation was assessed using data on the number of hospitalizations and mortality. Methods. As a source of data on the number of hospitalizations in the period from 1988 to 1992 the available collection of data on the number of hospitalizations was used, while data on the mortality rates for the period from 1985 to 1992 were obtained from the record on mortality rates kept at the Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia. On the base of these data calculations were made of the hospitalization and mortality rates and of the ulcer-related standardized mortality in Slovenia and some other randomly selected countries. In addition, a comparative analysis was carried out with the aim to assess the significance of the statistical difference in the hospitalization and mortality rates between 1975 and 1990. Results. In Slovenia, the average number of hospitalizations related to ulcer disease was 2396 in the period from 1988 to 1992 (119.9 per 100,000 inhabitants). The number of hospitalizations related to duodenal ulcer was 1.8 times greater than that related to gastric ulcer In the period from 1975 to 1990, the rate of hospitalizations related to gastric ulcer declined by 45.0 percent, while in duodenal-ulcer related hospitalizations this decline was 28.2 percent. In the period from 1985 to 1992, the yearly average number of deaths associated with the ulcer disease was 112 (5.6 per 100,000 inhabitants). The gastric-ulcer-related mortality w as 12 times greater than that related to duodenal ulcer. In the period from 1975 to 1990, the gastric ulcer mortality rate declined by 30.8 percent, while in duodenal ulcer this decline was 43.9 percent.(trunc.) | |
| Descriptors | PEPTIC ULCER SLOVENIA HOSPITALIZATION AGE FACTORS SEX FACTORS |