Table 1.
Trends in the leading causes of morbidity in Palawan from 2005 to 2009
| Causes of morbidity | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10 | Number | Ratea | Top 10 | Number | Ratea | Top 10 | Number | Ratea | Top 10 | Number | Ratea | Top 10 | Number | Ratea | |
| URTI/ARI | 1st | 28,011 | 4303 | 1st | 27,959 | 4201 | 1st | 19,217 | 2392 | 1st | 24,030 | 3457 | 1st | 38,857 | 4964 |
| Influenza | 2nd | 17,085 | 2625 | 2nd | 16,091 | 2418 | 2nd | 16,266 | 1477 | 2nd | 16,719 | 2405 | 2nd | 13,528 | 1728 |
| Malariab | 3rd | 10,334 | 1588 | 3rd | 12,640 | 1899 | 3rd | 10,048 | 973 | 5th | 5865 | 844 | 4th | 6558 | 838 |
| Diarrhea | 4th | 7038 | 1081 | 4th | 8932 | 1342 | 4th | 6617 | 831 | 4th | 7061 | 1016 | 7th | 3655 | 467 |
| Bronchitis | 5th | 4800 | 737 | 5th | 7908 | 1188 | 6th | 4382 | 521 | 3rd | 8303 | 1195 | 6th | 3738 | 477 |
| Hypertension | 6th | 3317 | 510 | 6th | 4843 | 728 | 7th | 3540 | 502 | 7th | 3000 | 432 | 3rd | 7335 | 937 |
| Urinary tract infection | 7th | 2700 | 415 | 7th | 2856 | 429 | 8th | 3417 | 185 | 6th | 5671 | 816 | 5th | 4483 | 573 |
| Pneumonia | 8th | 2260 | 347 | 8th | 1470 | 221 | 5th | 5652 | 644 | 8th | 2994 | 431 | 10th | 2471 | 316 |
| Anemia | 9th | 1447 | 222 | 10th | 858 | 129 | |||||||||
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 10th | 1029 | 158 | 9th | 949 | 143 | 10th | 971 | 127 | ||||||
| Skin disease | 9th | 1261 | 143 | ||||||||||||
| Gastritis | 9th | 1402 | 202 | 9th | 2066 | 264 | |||||||||
| Accident/wound/injury | 10th | 1130 | 163 | 8th | 2834 | 362 | |||||||||
The table was created by the author based on the annual provincial health report of the province of Palawan [15, 16]
Abbreviations: URTI upper respiratory tract infection, ARI acute respiratory infection
aRate per 100,000 population
bThe number does not match that in Table 1 due to differences in the methods of data collection (the data for this table was only collected in provincial and private hospitals)