Changes in Age and Sex Specific Tonsillectomy Rates: United States, 1970-1977 | Zendy

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Changes in Age and Sex Specific Tonsillectomy Rates: United States, 1970-1977

Author(s) -

Jean L. Freeman,

James F. Jekel,

Daniel Freeman

Publication year - 1982

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.72.5.488

Subject(s) - tonsillectomy , medicine , demography , public health , hospital discharge , surgery , general surgery , nursing , sociology

National estimates of tonsillectomy rates were generated from the Hospital Discharge Survey for the years 1970 and 1977. A comparison of the rates over the seven-year period revealed significant declines in T&A for all age and sex categories and in tonsillectomy alone for males aged 20 through 29. It was also observed that sex differences found in 1970 persisted in 1977. (Am J Public Health 1982; 72:488-491.)

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