[Development of the incidence of pneumonia in the autonomous community of Valencia throughout the 1995-2001 period. A retrospective study]. / Evolución de la incidencia de neumonías en la Comunidad Valenciana desde 1995 a 2001. Estudio retrospectivo.

AIM: To know development pneumonias throughout 1995 to 2001. METHODS: The data source was obtained from the database of the Minimum Basic Data Set. We selected three pneumonia hospitalized causes in the Community of Valencia, Bronchopneumonia, and Pneumonia for not specified organism and invasive pneumococcal disease. It was realized the statistical analysis by SPSS programme. Calculating the pneumonia incidence rate and its time development and observing the interactions between age group, genre, mean of age, stay in the hospital and origin. RESULTS: The incidence for the period was 209 per 100,000 people, that increased significantly until it stabilized in 1999. The pneumonia affected more frequently men than women and specially aged 65 years or more. For age the pneumonias are more frequent in subjects younger than 5 and older than 65, (maximum 76-77 years old). It was observed statistically significant differences between provinces. The stays on hospital was greater for men and this ground with age groups, this is longer in people 65 years old or older. The average stay depending on the aged groups but do not exist statistically differences between genre and age group. CONCLUSIONS: Pneumonia is a pathology originated from different causes, it affect principally men and more especially at younger than 5 years and older than 65 years. The incidences stabilizing on the studied period last years. This works must be continued for clarify if it is the same way for the development by the different pneumonias types on this time period and if exists the interactions between the different variables.

Evolución de la incidencia de neumonías en la Comunidad Valenciana desde 1995 a 2001. Estudio retrospectivo / Development of the incidence of pneumonias in the autonomous community of Valencia throughout the 1995-2001. A retrospective study

Fundamento: Conocer la evolución de las neumonías desde 1995 a 2001. Método: Los datos se obtuvieron del Conjunto Mínimo Básico de Datos, seleccionando tres causas de hospitalización por neumonías en la Comunidad Valenciana, bronconeumonía, neumonía por organismo no especificado y neumonía neumocócica. El análisis estadístico se realizó mediante el programa SPSS, hallando las incidencias de las neumonías y su evolución en el tiempo y observando interacciones entre las variables género, edad, estancia y procedencia. Resultados: La incidencia fue de 209 por 100.000 habitantes, aumentando significativamente a lo largo del periodo hasta estabilizarse a partir de 1999. La neumonía afecta más a hombres que a mujeres, sobre todo en mayores de 65 años. Por edades, son más frecuentes en menores de 5 años y en mayores de 65, concentrándose el mayor número de casos en 76-77 años. Se han observado diferencias estadísticamente significativas en las incidencias por provincias. El número de estancias es mayor en hombres que en mujeres y aumentan por grupos de edad, siendo más elevadas en los mayores de 65 años. La estancia media, varía según la edad, sin existir diferencias significativas entre género o grupo de edad. Conclusiones: La neumonía, patología originada por diferentes causas, afecta más a hombres que a mujeres, a menores de 5 años y a mayores de 65. Las incidencias se estabilizan en los últimos años de estudio. Se deberían seguir estas investigaciones para dilucidar si las diferentes neumonías en este periodo, evolucionan igualmente y si se dan interacciones entre las variables estudiadas

Aim: To know development pneumonias throughout 1995 to 2001. Methods: The data source was obtained from the database of the Minumum Basic Data Set. We selected three pneumonia hospitalized causes in the Community of Valencia, Broncopneumonia, and Pneumonia for not specified organism and invasive pneumococcal disease. It was realized the statistical analysis by SPSS programme. Calculating the pneumonia incidence rate and its time development and observing the interactions between age group, genre, mean of age, stay in the hospital and origin. Results: The incidence for the period was 209 per 100.000 people, that increased significantly until it stabilized in 1999. The pneumonia affected more frequently men than women and specially aged 65 years or more. For age the pneumonias are more frequent in subjects younger than 5 and older than 65, (maximum 76-77 years old). It was observed statistically significant differences between provinces. The stays on hospital was greater for men and this ground with age groups, this is longer in people 65 years old or older. The average stay depending on the aged groups but do not exist statistically differences between genre and age group. Conclusions: Pneumonia is a pathology originated from different causes, it affect principally men and more especially at younger than 5 years and older than 65 years. The incidences stabilizing on the studied period last years. This works must be continued for clarify if it is the same way for the development by the different pneumonias types on this time period and if exists the interactions between the different variables