Climate and respiratory disease in Auckland, New Zealand

Increases in the incidence of diseases are often observed during the cold winter months, particularly in cities in temperate climates. The study aim is to describe daily, monthly and seasonal trends in respiratory hospital admissions with climate in Auckland, New Zealand. Daily hospital admissions f...

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Published in:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health 2009-12, Vol.33 (6), p.521-526
Main Authors: Gosai, Ashmita, Salinger, James, Dirks, Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age
Age groups
Aged
Bronchitis
Cardiovascular disease
Child
Child, Preschool
Cities
Climate
Cold Temperature
Disease
Epidemiology
Ethnic groups
Heart
hospital admissions
Hospitalization - trends
Hospitals
Humans
Infant
Ischemia
Longitudinal Studies
Maoris
Middle Aged
morbidity
New Zealand - epidemiology
Outdoor air quality
Pacific Islander people
Pertussis
Public health
respiratory disease
Respiratory diseases
Respiratory Insufficiency - epidemiology
Respiratory Insufficiency - ethnology
Respiratory Insufficiency - physiopathology
Respiratory tract infection
Retrospective Studies
Seasons
temperature
Winter
Young Adult
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Summary:Increases in the incidence of diseases are often observed during the cold winter months, particularly in cities in temperate climates. The study aim is to describe daily, monthly and seasonal trends in respiratory hospital admissions with climate in Auckland, New Zealand. Daily hospital admissions for total respiratory infections or inflammations (RII), total bronchitis and asthma (BA), and total whooping cough and acute bronchitis (TWCAB) for various age groups and ethnicities were obtained for the Auckland Region and compared with climate parameters on daily, monthly and seasonal time scales. Seasonal and monthly relationships with minimum temperature were very strong (p
ISSN:1326-0200
1753-6405
DOI:10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00447.x