Epidemiological analysis on emergency public health events in Huishan district of Wuxi city from 2005 to 2022
Objective To analyze the epidemic characteristics of public health emergencies in Huishan district,Wuxi city from 2005 to 2022 based on the reported data,and to provide scientific basis for formulating prevention and control strate-gies.Methods Statistical methods,such as constituent ratio and x2 test were used to analyze the information of public health emergencies in Huishan district,Wuxi city reported in the Management Information System for Public Health E-mergency Reporting from January 1,2005 to December 31,2022,including basic overview,grading classification and epi-demiological characteristics(time distribution,regional distribution,site distribution).Results From 2005 to 2022,101 cases of various public health emergencies were reported in Huishan district,Wuxi city,with 2 530 cases of disease or poisoning and 2 deaths;2 cases of major events,77 cases of general events and 22 cases of ungraded events;97 cases of infectious disease outbreaks,accounting for 96.04%,and there were significant differences in the incidence rates of other infectious diseases(53.61%),Class C infectious diseases(31.96%),Class B infectious diseases(11.34%)and Class A infectious diseases(3.09%),x2=904.39,P<0.001;Sixty-one cases(60.40%)of respiratory infectious diseases were reported in infectious disease events,showing a single peak trend in winter from November to December;the average inci-dence rate of public health emergencies in rural areas of the whole district was 2.07%,higher than 1.31%in urban areas,and the difference was statistically significant,x2=109.37,P<0.001;Eighty-two cases(81.19%)of public health e-mergencies occurred in schools(including kindergartens),all of which were infectious disease outbreaks,with varicella being the most common disease,accounting for 50 cases.There were significant differences in the incidence rates of ele-mentary school(1.05%),kindergarten(3.62%),junior high school(1.48%),senior high school(2.33%),9-year system of elementary school junior high school(0.73%),ordinary university(0.34%),and secondary vocational school(0.36%),x2=1020.57,P<0.001.Conclusions The key disease for the prevention and control of public health emer-gencies in Huishan District is respiratory infectious diseases,and the focus is schools(including kindergartens),mainly in rural areas.The prevention and control of infectious disease monitoring and vaccination should be done well.
public health emergenciesepidemiologyinfectious diseasesWuxi city