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KMID : 1143420200130463270
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Public Health Weekly Report
2020 Volume.13 No. 46 p.3270 ~ p.3292
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The Results of the Cold-Related Illness Surveillance in the 2015-2016 to 2019-2020 winter seasons
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Lee Su-Kyung
Kim Sun-Mi
Yoo Hyo-Soon
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Abstract
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In 2013, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) launched a cold-related illness (CRI) surveillance system. Every winter(December-February), a nationwide network of approximately 500 hospital emergency rooms (ERs) participate in the system. The aim of this report was to analyze the 2015-2016 to 2019-2020 seasons CRI surveillance system. The KDCA operates the CRI surveillance system to monitor hypothermia, frostbite, trench foot or immersion foot, and chilblain. According to hospital reports, 2,262 people developed CRIs and 53 deaths were attributed to CRI. Findings indicated that the percentage of CRI occurrence was high among males (70.9%); high among people in their 50s (20.2%); high among the unemployed (44.3%); and high among reported drinkers (31.6%). Findings indicated that CRI occurred mainly in Gyeonggi Province (19.3%); between 6 am and 12 pm (30.7%); and the main CRI was hypothermia (80.3%). In terms of location, CRI occurrence was highest at outdoor roadside locations (30.7%) followed by inside the home (16.5%) and locations outside the home (nearby residence) (12.5%). This report concluded that health damage from CRIs can be prevented by following safety guidelines for cold wave control. Therefore, if falls upon the KDCA to raise public awareness by providing health warnings against CRIs every winter.
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KEYWORD
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Cold-related illness, Hypothermia, Frostbite, Surveillance system, Cold wave
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