The burden of acute respiratory infections in Ecuador 2011-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Burden of disease studies intend to improve public health decision-making and to measure social and economic impact in population. The objective of this study was to describe the burden of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in Ecuador between 2011 and 2015.

Methods

Five-year period morbidity and mortality data available from national agencies of statistics was analyzed to estimate the burden of disease attributable to acute respiratory infections. Cases and deaths registered were grouped according to their ICD-10 code into three diagnostic groups: Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06), Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18), and Bronchitis and other acute lower respiratory infections (J20-J22, J85, J86). Disability-adjusted life years stratified by diagnostic an

SUBMITTER: Chicaiza-Ayala W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5929540 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature