MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN IRANIAN PILGRIMS IN YEAR 2003

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RAZAVI S.M.; ZIAEI H.; SEDAGHAT M.

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Journal: Tehran University Medical Journal Year:2005 | Volume:63 | Issue:5 Page(s): 353-360

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MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN IRANIAN PILGRIMS IN YEAR 2003

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RAZAVI S.M. | ZIAEI H. | SEDAGHAT M. | Issue Writer Certificate

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HAJJQ4

MORBIDITYQ4

MORTALITYQ4

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Background: Every year about one hundred thousand of Iranian pilgrims, departure to Saudi Arabia, for paying to HAJJ. Precept knowing the situation of diseases distribution among the pilgrims and investigating the factors involved, prepare a good guide for the health managers in HAJJ to promote their own plans. This study aims at determining the situation of diseases distribution and MORTALITY among the Iranian pilgrims in HAJJ ceremonies in the year 2004.Materials and Methods: This descriptive- correlational study has been carried out on 30037 Iranian pilgrims. Along this study, the pilgrims were followed about 30 types of diseases, accidents, and health concerned variables, and to determine the relations, there have been used such statistics tests as those of Fisher, and Chi-square. Results: The descriptive results consisted of: the percentage of the high- risk pilgrims (%25.6), Respiratory disease (%35.1), Hypertension (%8.39), Diabetes mellitus (%2.44), Cardiovascular diseases (%2.88), piogenic pharyngitis (%9.75), sinusitis (%6.7), pneumonia (%0.24), Asthma (%1.57), Sporadic dysentery (%0.18), Dimentia (%0.2), accidents (%2.99), MORTALITY 46.6 per one hundred thousand, Immunization against meningococal diseases (%99.8), flu vaccine coverage (%74.1), Immunization against pneumococal diseases (2.54%) and hospitalization (%2.8). The increased average of age, the rate of high risk pilgrims, Caravan's practice score, and physician's practice score were all significantly correlated with respiratory diseases (the most common one) with a P value of ≤0.001.Conclusion: The results of this study help the health managers in HAJJ to estimate the needs to equipments, drugs, man power, and also the educational needs for the pilgrims.

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RAZAVI, S.M., ZIAEI, H., & SEDAGHAT, M.. (2005). MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN IRANIAN PILGRIMS IN YEAR 2003. TEHRAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL (TUMJ), 63(5), 353-360. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/38893/en

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RAZAVI S.M., ZIAEI H., SEDAGHAT M.. MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN IRANIAN PILGRIMS IN YEAR 2003. TEHRAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL (TUMJ)[Internet]. 2005;63(5):353-360. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/38893/en

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S.M. RAZAVI, H. ZIAEI, and M. SEDAGHAT, “MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY IN IRANIAN PILGRIMS IN YEAR 2003,” TEHRAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL JOURNAL (TUMJ), vol. 63, no. 5, pp. 353–360, 2005, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/38893/en

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