Table 2.
Case number and rate per 1,000 child years of observation for disease syndromes seen at Christianville school clinic during the academic year 2012–2013, together with case percentage for major clinical syndromes and the corresponding national case percentages
| Clinical diagnoses | Student age group (number of students) | Percentage of total clinic visits | National % of total clinic visits | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten (286) | Primary (591) | Secondary (368) | Total (1,245) | ||||||||
| Cases | Rate* | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | ||||
| Respiratory | Upper ARI | 27 | 124.6 | 47 | 105.8 | 50 | 180.7 | 124 | 132.5 | ||
| Lower ARI | 72 | 334.8 | 103 | 231.8 | 55 | 198.8 | 230 | 245.7 | |||
| Asthma | 2 | 9.3 | 4 | 9.0 | 1 | 3.6 | 7 | 7.5 | |||
| Total respiratory | 101 | 469.7 | 154 | 346.6 | 106 | 383.1 | 361 | 385.6 | 26.6 | 14.4§ | |
| GI | Diarrhea | 8 | 37.2 | 19 | 42.8 | 17 | 61.4 | 44 | 47.0 | ||
| Intestinal Infections† | 30 | 139.5 | 93 | 209.3 | 42 | 151.8 | 165 | 176.3 | |||
| Gastritis‡ | 1 | 4.7 | 14 | 31.5 | 36 | 130.1 | 51 | 54.5 | |||
| Total GI | 39 | 181.4 | 126 | 283.6 | 95 | 343.3 | 260 | 277.8 | 19.2 | 21§ | |
| Febrile illness | 60 | 279.0 | 103 | 231.8 | 57 | 206.0 | 220 | 235.0 | 16.2 | 27§ | |
| Skin infections | 43 | 200.3 | 64 | 144.0 | 35 | 126.5 | 142 | 151.7 | 10.5 | 3.9∥ | |
| Trauma | 11 | 51.2 | 27 | 60.8 | 32 | 115.7 | 70 | 74.8 | |||
| Headache | 5 | 23.3 | 22 | 49.5 | 32 | 115.7 | 59 | 63.0 | |||
| Dysmenorrhea | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.3 | 56 | 202.4 | 57 | 60.9 | |||
| GU | 4 | 18.6 | 21 | 47.3 | 31 | 112.0 | 56 | 59.8 | |||
| Anemia | 7 | 32.6 | 19 | 42.8 | 29 | 104.8 | 55 | 58.8 | 4.1 | 9∥ | |
| Other | Sinusitis | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.6 | 1 | 1.1 | ||
| Measles | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.6 | 1 | 1.1 | |||
| Hemorrhoids | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.2 | 2 | 2.1 | |||
| Epilepsy | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 10.8 | 3 | 3.2 | |||
| Osteochondritis | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.2 | 2 | 2.1 | |||
| Allergies | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 9.0 | 3 | 10.8 | 7 | 7.5 | |||
| Tonsillitis | 5 | 23.3 | 14 | 31.5 | 19 | 68.7 | 38 | 40.6 | |||
| Conjuctivitis | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.1 | |||
| Otitis | 4 | 18.6 | 9 | 20.3 | 8 | 28.9 | 21 | 22.4 | |||
| Arthritis | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3.6 | 1 | 1.1 | |||
| Total other | 10 | 46.5 | 27 | 60.8 | 40 | 144.6 | 77 | 82.3 | |||
| Total clinical consultations | 280 | 564 | 513 | 1,357 | |||||||
The bold numbers indicate the main diseases seen.
ARI = acute respiratory illness; GI = gastrointestinal; GU = genitourinary.
*
Rate calculated as number of cases per 1,000 child years of observation.
†
Intestinal infections including abdominal pain without diarrhea.
‡
Gastritis includes nausea and gastritis without diarrhea.
§
EMMUS-V reported data.
∥
MSPP 2004 reported data.