Epidemic incidence features in the nurseries and kindergartens in Jinshan District， Shanghai from 2011 to 2020

Abstract

ObjectiveTo know the epidemic incidence features of the nurseries and kindergartens in Jinshan District， and to supply the scientific supporting data for the work of preventing and controlling the epidemic diseases in nurseries and kindergartens.MethodsThe epidemic incidence rate， diseases sequence， and time distribution in Jinshan District from Jan 1， 2011 to Dec 30， 2020 were subjected to descriptive epidemic analysis， and the incidence rate in different years was analyzed by the Model of Joinpoint.ResultsBetween 2011 and 2020 in Jinshan nurseries and kindergartens， the epidemic incidence rate were 5 257 cases， with an annual average of 3.28%. It presented the peak every 2 or 3 years， and the yearly peak was distinctively from March to June and from September to December. The top three epidemic diseases were hand-foot-mouth diseases， herpangina and chicken pox. The trend analysis by Joinpoint showed that there is no obvious downtrend in the overall incidence of infectious diseases， but the incidence rate trend of herpangina， influenza， and infectious diarrhea apparently appeared rising.ConclusionThe nurseries and kindergartens should prevent and control the epidemic incidence peak more targeted and effective. It should add the herpangina to the list of “The Nursery and Kindergarten Monthly Epidemic Report”.

Keywords

• nursery and kindergarten
• epidemic
• incidence feature
• shanghai