Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xUn7pT. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. This Study determited hospitalization rates of elderly Americans for pneumonia from 1991 Throught 1998. Methods. Epidemiologic data were described for 273 143 pneumonia hospitalization. Results. Annual hospitalization for aspiration pneumonia incrreased by 93.5%. Pneumonia hospitalization rates increased steeply with age, especially among men. Black men were at highest risk for aspiration, unspecified, klebsiella, "other gram-negative", and staphylococcal pneumonia ; White men had the highest Haemophils and pneumococcal pneumonia rates. Among women, Blacks predominated in aspiration and Klebsiella pneumonia ; Whites had the highest Haemophils and bronchopneumonia rates. Conclusions. An epidemic of hospitalization for aspiration pneumonia smoldered over 8 years. Significant disparities existed in hospitalization risks by race, sexe, and principal diagnosis.
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