Open AccessRECENT MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY FOR PEPTIC ULCER IN QUEENSLAND
Author(s) -
Doessel D.P.,
Gammie G.J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
community health studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 0314-9021
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1984.tb00442.x
Subject(s) - peptic ulcer , medicine , mortality rate , incidence (geometry) , peptic , disease , demography , physics , sociology , optics
Mortality rates from 1922 to 1981 have been examined for various categories of peptic ulcer and various summations of disease categories. The analysis indicates that the differences in mortality rates between Queensland and the country as a whole are not great, thus there is some indirect evidence that analyses of Queensland data may also be applicable to Australia. Mortality rates in Queensland from 1965 to 1981 were examined in detail. It was found that mortality from peptic ulcer in this period has fallen, a trend observed in other countries such as Great Britain and the United States in recent years. There are some differences, however, such as rising mortality rates for some categories of ulcer for females. It is shown that there is a sex differential in peptic ulcer mortality. Trends in hospital separations for various categories of ulcer and peptic ulcer in general were examined. In the period 1969 to 1979 the rate of perforated peptic ulcer fell, indicating a falling incidence of peptic ulcer in Queensland. Data on the total separation rate for peptic ulcer show a decline through time. There appears to have been no impact of fibre optic endoscopy on the pattern of diagnoses of the relevant gastrointestinal disorders.