Analysis of the epidemic characteristics of infectious diseases among preschool children and students in Jiangxi Province from 2017 to 2022
Objective To analyze the epidemic characteristics of infectious diseases among preschool children and students in Jiangxi Province from 2017 to 2022,explore the epidemic trend and influencing factors,and provide data support for mo-nitoring,early warning,and scientific prevention and control of infectious diseases in schools.Methods The information on infectious disease outbreaks among preschool children and students in Jiangxi Province from 2017 to 2022 was collected,a total of 286 795 cases were reported.Descriptive epidemiological analysis and spatial autocorrelation analysis was performed by using SPSS 22.0 software and GeoDa software,respectively.Results From 2017 to 2022,the reported incidence rate of infectious diseases among kindergartens and students in Jiangxi Province was 437.33/100 000,including 1 317.13/100 000 for kindergartens and 284.47/100 000 for students.The incidence showed a double peak in winter and spring.The top five infectious diseases reported by children in kindergartens were hand-foot-mouth disease(51 611 cases),influenza(32 169 cases),chickenpox(260 016 cases),other infectious diarrhea diseases(10 023 cases),and mumps(6 296 cases).The top five infectious diseases reported by students were chicken pox(60 237 cases),influenza(42 011 cases),mumps(19 321 cases),other infectious diarrhea(14 611 cases),and tuberculosis(7 228 cases).From 2017 to 2022,225 outbreaks of in-fectious diseases in schools were reported,mainly in winter and spring.Among them,61 outbreaks of children in kindergar-tens were reported,primarily hand-foot mouth disease(73.77%),and 164 outbreaks of students were reported,primarily in-fluenza(36.59%),mumps(18.29%),and chickenpox(13.41%).The spatial autocorrelation analysis of respiratory infec-tious disease outbreaks in schools showed that the spatial clustering areas were mainly concentrated in the urban regions in Nanchang City(5 clustering areas)and Ganzhou City(2 clustering areas).Conclusion The incidence rate of infectious diseases among kindergarten children and students in Jiangxi Province is on the rise as a whole,mainly respiratory and in-testinal infectious diseases,with obvious seasonal characteristics,and the epidemic situation of infectious diseases in schools is spatiotemporal.
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