摘要
目的 为了解我国５岁以下儿童腹泻的死亡情况。方法 以随机抽样方法，对１９９１－１９９５年全国８１个监测市、县的８５５万５岁儿童进行了腹泻死亡监测。结果 ５年我国来儿童腹泻的死亡率呈持续下降趋势。１９９５年比１９９１年下降３６％。１９９５全国５岁以下儿童腹泻死亡率为２７５．２／１０＾５，居儿童主要死因之第４位，但城乡儿童腹泻死亡率相差悬殊。农村儿童腹泻死亡率是城市的１４倍。
ve In order to find out about under-fives' death caused by diarrhea. Method The diarrhea survey in 81 cities/counties of China from 1991 to 1995 was carried out by random sampling. Results The analysis indicated that the mortality rate of children under five who died of diarrhea was continuously decreasing in the past five years. The mortality rate in 1995 was 36% lower than that in 1991. In 1995, the diarrhea mortality rate of children under five years in the whole country was 275.2/105, and was the fourth cause of death under five years children. The diarrhea mortality rate has a world of difference between urban and rural areas. The rate in rural areas was 14 times higher than that in urban, further more, 65% of the death cases in rural areas occurred in home. Conclusion In order to reduce the mortality rate of children under five in the whole country by 1/3 and to reduce prevalence of malnutrition of children under 5 by 1/2 in 2000, it' s very important to take further measures to decrease diarrhea mortality rate of children in rural areas.
