BEHAVIOR IN THE TIME OF CASES OF HIDATIDOSIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUNIN DURING 1991 - 2002

Abstract

The human hidatidosis is a chronic illness that causes serious problems of health in many regions of the world in development, its importance in the health it not publishes this related one alone with the high index of human mortality, but also with the losses for labor yield, expenses of hospitalization, interventions and inabilities. The objective was to determine the frequency of cases of hidatidosis according to their demographic, geographical variables and through the time in the department of Junín during the years 1991 at the 2002. The study it was of descriptive type, longitudinal and retrospective of cases of hidatidosis that were assisted in the different hospitals of the Department of Junín. One carries out the revision of the files of the different Institutions of Health and identification of patient with I diagnose of hidatidosis assisted by external consultation or hospitalization and with radiological exam, serologico or surgical positive for this illness. They were 1100 new cases in their majority coming from the county of Huancayo (40,0 %), followed by Yauli (18,4 %), Jauja (7,7 %) and Chupaca (7,5 %). I Prevail in the I generate feminine (56,7 %) and in the groups of age of second o'clock and quarter decade of the life. 82,5 % was of of urban origin. 44,9 % alone had studied primary and secondary incomplete. The lung localization (37,4 %) I prevail on the other localizations. The rate of mortality was of 1,9 %. The department of Junín presents a high casuistry of human hidatidosis for what urges to implement a program of prevention and immediate control.