ABSTRACT
In Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, morbidity and mortality from injuries have increased alarmingly since 2008. This paper aims to examine the changes in the number of hospital discharges for external injuries recorded during the 2008-2010 period in a hospital in Ciudad Juarez. A descriptive retrospective study conducted at the Ciudad Juarez General Hospital looked at the incidence of external injuries as the reason for hospital discharges during the period under analysis. The average proportion of hospital discharges attributed to external injuries was 27%, with the 25-44-year-old age group being the most affected. More than half of the discharges were for fractures. The incidence rate of hospital discharges attributed to injuries in Ciudad Juarez was almost four times greater than that reported at the national level.
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Hospitals/statistics & numerical data , Patient Discharge/statistics & numerical data , Violence/statistics & numerical data , Wounds, Gunshot/epidemiology , Adult , Female , Humans , Incidence , Male , Mexico/epidemiology , Retrospective Studies , Risk , Wounds and Injuries/epidemiologyABSTRACT
In Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, morbidity and mortality from injuries have increasedalarmingly since 2008. This paper aims to examine the changes in the numberof hospital discharges for external injuries recorded during the 20082010 period in ahospital in Ciudad Juarez. A descriptive retrospective study conducted at the CiudadJuarez General Hospital looked at the incidence of external injuries as the reason forhospital discharges during the period under analysis. The average proportion of hospitaldischarges attributed to external injuries was 27%, with the 2544-year-old agegroup being the most affected. More than half of the discharges were for fractures.The incidence rate of hospital discharges attributed to injuries in Ciudad Juarez wasalmost four times greater than that reported at the national level.
En Ciudad Juárez (Chihuahua), México, la morbilidad y la mortalidad por lesiones aumentaronen forma alarmante a partir de 2008. El presente trabajo se propone determinar los cambiosen el número de egresos hospitalarios por causas externas registrados durante el período 20082010 en un hospital de dicha ciudad. Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo descriptivo sobre laincidencia de causas externas como causa de egreso hospitalario en los años antes mencionadosen el Hospital General Ciudad Juárez. La media de egresos hospitalarios por causas externasfue de 27%, con el grupo etario de 25 a 44 años como el más afectado. Las fracturas fueron lacausa de más de la mitad de los egresos. Los egresos hospitalarios por lesiones en Ciudad Juárezpresentan una incidencia casi cuatro veces mayor que la reportada a nivel nacional.