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  • 标题:Temporal analysis of the incidence of meningitis in the Tehran metropolitan area, 1999-2005
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  • 作者:Alireza Mosavi-Jarrahi ; Abdolreza Esteghamati ; Freshteh Asgari
  • 期刊名称:Population Health Metrics
  • 印刷版ISSN:1478-7954
  • 电子版ISSN:1478-7954
  • 出版年度:2009
  • 卷号:7
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:19
  • DOI:10.1186/1478-7954-7-19
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:BioMed Central
  • 摘要:The aim of this study was to describe the temporal determinants of meningitis incidence in the population living in the Tehran metropolis. All cases of meningitis reported to health districts throughout the Tehran metropolis from 1999 to 2005 were abstracted from patient files. Referral cases (patients who did not reside in the Tehran metropolis) were excluded. For each year, sex- and age-specific incidences were estimated. Temporality and its determinants were analyzed using Poisson regression. Age-specific incidence is highest among males younger than 5 years of age at 10.2 cases per 100,000 population per year. The lowest incidence was among females aged 30 to 40 years at 0.72 cases per 100,000 population per year, with an overall male-to-female incidence ratio of 2.1. The temporal analysis showed seasonality, with a higher risk of meningitis in spring at a rate ratio of 1.31 with a 95% confidence interval (CI) of 1.20 to 1.41 and in autumn (rate ratio = 1.16, 95% CI 1.06, 1.27). For periodicity, we found a peak of occurrence around the years 2000 and 2003. The epidemiology of meningitis in Iran follows similar patterns of age, sex, and seasonality distribution as found in other countries and populations.
  • 关键词:Meningitis ; Meningococcal Meningitis ; Meningitis Case ; Average Yearly Incidence ; Referral Case
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