Morbidity patterns for patients admitted to the medical wards at Algamhouria Teaching Hospital, Aden 2007

Abstract EN

This is a retrospective analysis of the disease patterns in the medical wards at Al-Gamhoria Teaching Hospital, Aden.

All cases were admitted and discharged in the period from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007.

A total number of 1107 Patients were admitted during the study period.

Males were 58.5% (647) and females were 41.5% (460).

The male and female ratio was M:F = 1.4:1.

The age range of the patients was 16 –78 years and the mean age was 41.5 years.

31-60 years age group accounted for 77.2% (855).

The difference between frequencies is significant (p < 0.05).

Overall, the study revealed that diseases of the digestive system were the most cause of admission in the medical wards during 2007, with 20.8% (230).

In males, diseases of the digestive system were the most common (15.1%), whereas in females, infectious & parasitic diseases represented the first place (10.5%).

Infectious and parasitic diseases comprised 212 patients (19.1%) as the second cause of admission.

In females it represented the first cause of admission, while in males represented the 5th cause of admission, (p < 0.05).

We concluded that the patterns of diseases observed in this study showed that diseases of noncommunicable diseases represented the most common causes of admission to the medical wards, and this means that the proportion and presentation of non-communicable diseases has changed in this governorate and the neighboring governorates.