Table 1 Incidences of outpatient and EICC services for gastroenteritis and skin and eyes diseases associated with water outage and rate ratios to normal period in 2004-2006 in Taiwan
From: Water outage increases the risk of gastroenteritis and eyes and skin diseases
Normal period a | Outage period | 10-day lag period | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Person-days | 77563341 | 21479559 | 127184866 | |
Gastroenteritis | ||||
Outpatient | N | 44590 | 13732 | 77399 |
Rate b | 57.5 | 63.9 | 60.9 | |
Ratio | 1.0 | 1.11(1.09-1.13)*** | 1.06 (1.05-1.07)*** | |
EICCc | N | 2021 | 546 | 3404 |
Rate b | 2.61 | 2.54 | 2.68 | |
Ratio | 1.0 | 0.98 (0.89-1.07) | 1.03 (0.97-1.09) | |
Skin diseases | ||||
Outpatient | N | 39113 | 12580 | 68181 |
Rate b | 50.4 | 58.6 | 53.6 | |
Ratio | 1.0 | 1.16(1.14-1.18)*** | 1.06 (1.05-1.08)*** | |
EICCc | N | 394 | 120 | 628 |
Rate b | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.49 | |
Ratio | 1.0 | 1.10 (0.90-1.35) | 0.97 (0.86-1.10) | |
Eye diseases | ||||
Outpatient | N | 9163 | 2980 | 17102 |
Rate b | 11.8 | 13.9 | 13.4 | |
Ratio | 1.0 | 1.17(1.13-1.22)*** | 1.14 (1.11-1.17)*** | |
EICCc | N | 27 | 7 | 52 |
Rate b | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | |
Ratio | 1.0 | 0.94 (0.41-2.15) | 1.17 (0.74-1.87) |