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KMID : 0358120020280010052
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Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
2002 Volume.28 No. 1 p.52 ~ p.65
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Morbidity Pattern of Residents around the Dam
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Kim Mun-Nyeon
Park Jae-Yong
Han Chang-Hyun
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Abstract
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This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of disease among people living near the Dam and in a group residing in another area. Residents of Ye-an Meon in Andong City within 2km near the Dam(782 people of the 343 households in 10 villages) and of Soon-heong Meon in Yong-ju City without a Dam(778 people of the 306 households in 6 villages) participated in a questionnaire from November 15 to December 24, 2000. The results of this study are summarized follows. The morbidity rate of acute diseases for all members of the household during a month was 57.3 per 100 persons of population for the group living near the Dam. It was higher than 44.9% for the group residing in another area (p<0.0l). In the morbidity rate of acute diseases for one month, both areas were mostly respiratory diseases. It was 50.8% for the group living near the Dam and was higher significantly than 37.7% for the group residing in another area(p<0.01). The morbidity rate of chronic diseases during the period of one year was 37.2% in near the Dam per 100 persons of population, while it was 44.6% for the group residing in another area. It was all the more lower in near the Dam. But after dividing into the kind of morbidity, when the morbidity rate was compared near the Dam with another area, the muscular skeletal diseases was 18.3 17.2, while the respiratory diseases was 5.1 :1.9. It was much higher in the people living near the Dam. Among the respondents, the rate that the Dam had an effect on their health was 98.8% in near the Dam. It was higher than 67.3% for the group residing in another area. reports of respiratory problems such as cough, sputum, etc and arthritis were also higher significantly in near the Dam than in another area(p<0.01). In the kind of diseases were caused by the Dam, 94.5% of the respondents was the respiratory diseases in near the Dam, whereas 63.1% in another area. It showed a great difference. Among the respondents residing near the Dam. 91.0% said that they often caught a cold, 80.8% said that they were a lot under stress, 69.4% said that their health became serious, and 47.2% said that they really fell ill. In consideration of above findings, such diseases of the respiratory diseases, the muscular skeletal diseases, the skin diseases, and the mental diseases, etc. for the respondents must be cared for after raising the priority order of health project.
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KEYWORD
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residents around the darn, morbidity pattern
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