Hospital mortality and morbidity in Ribeirão Preto, State of S. Paulo (Brazil), 1972

Abstract

Hospital Morbidity and Mortality in general hospital beds' demands from the county of Ribeirão Preto in 1972 were studied. The main groups by frequency and hospital beds' utilization were: XI - Complications of Pregnacy, Childbirth, and Puerperium, VIII - Diseases of the Respiratory System, VII - Disease of the Circulatory System, XVII - Accidents, Poisonings, and Violence, IX - Disease of the Digestive System and X - Disease of the Genitourinary System. These groups were responsible for almost sixty per cent of hospital beds' utilization. The main groups in hospitalar death cases were: VII Disease of the Circulatory System, II - Neoplasms, VIII - Disease of the Respiratory System, I - Infective and Parasitic Disease, XV - Certain Causes of Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality, XVII - Accidents, Poisonings, and Violence.