Trends in asthma hospital admissions and mortality in Kuwait, 2000-2014: a national retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine trends in asthma hospitalisation and mortality rates from 2000 to 2014 in Kuwait according to sex, age and nationality.

Methods

For this nationwide, retrospective observational study, data from hospital discharge records and death certificates listing asthma as the primary reason for hospitalisation or mortality were obtained from the National Center for Health Information database using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision codes J45 and J46. Trends in sex-adjusted, age-adjusted and nationality-adjusted hospitalisation and mortality rates were examined. Poisson regression models were applied to test for linear trends overtime and estimate adjusted rate ratios and 95% CI.

Results

During the 15-year study period, a total of 43 6

SUBMITTER: Ziyab AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5942427 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature