대구시 모 보건소에 내소한 성병환자에 대한 연구

Abstract

The authors selected the medical records of the 2,346 diagnosed urethritis and syphilis patients from those who visited to a public health center in Taegue City, 1, January 1985 to 31, December 1987 to treat their urologic symptoms. Their medical records were used to investigate distribution status of the infection by demorgaphic and temporal variables. The results were as follows: 1. The most frequent age group was 20-29 years of age, 65.6%, and the less than 20 years of age group was 10.2%. In 30-39 age group, males 17.9% and females 23.0% and in 40-49 group, males 4.5% and females 12.2%. The female excess prevalence remained the same after that age group. 2. The order of relative frequency of the infection by month in which 3-year cases were combined was August, 11.3%, July 10.9%, January, 10.3% and the monthly distribution of the student was August, 16.0%, January, 11.6%, March, 10.7%, which suggests a coincidence with the periods of the school vacations. The seasonal distribution was summer 31.2%, spring 25.5%, autumn 21.7%, winter 21.5%. 3. The relative frequency of infection by martial status showed the unmarried was 70.3% and the married 29.37%, which was a significant difference. 4. The distribution by occupation was merchants 25.5%, office workers 19.2% and students 15.5% which was unexpectedly high. 5. In the distribution by source of infection of the males, friends was the most frequent source with 28.7%, restaurant employees 25.2%, prostitutes 16.8%, prostitutes 16.8%, and employees of lodging service 12.4%. 6. In the distribution by age and source of infection, friends were the most frequent source of infection(63.1%) in the less than 20 years of age group. In 20-29 years of age group, friends were 28.6%, restaurant employees 24.5%, prostitutes 17.8%, where showed increasing proportions of employees of the service trade. In 30-39 years of age group, restaurants employees 35.9%, employees of the lodging service 15.9%, prostitutes 14.9%, which means that most of sources of infection were employees of the service trade. In 4.-49 years of age group, restaurant employees 39.7%, prostitutes 17.2% and in 50-59 group, spouse was the most frequent(27.3%) and in the more than 60 years of age group prostitutes was 50%, but the total cases of that age group were too small to tabulate meaningfully. 7. The relative frequency of infection by infection history showed the inexperienced ws 48.4% and the experienced 51.6% and in the inexperienced, males 47.9% and females 78.1%.