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Table 1 Trends in the leading causes of morbidity in Palawan from 2005 to 2009

From: Evaluating active roles of community health workers in accelerating universal access to health services for malaria in Palawan, the Philippines

Causes of morbidity

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Top 10

Number

Ratea

Top 10

Number

Ratea

Top 10

Number

Ratea

Top 10

Number

Ratea

Top 10

Number

Ratea

URTI/ARI

1st

28,011

4303

1st

27,959

4201

1st

19,217

2392

1st

24,030

3457

1st

38,857

4964

Influenza

2nd

17,085

2625

2nd

16,091

2418

2nd

16,266

1477

2nd

16,719

2405

2nd

13,528

1728

Malariab

3rd

10,334

1588

3rd

12,640

1899

3rd

10,048

973

5th

5865

844

4th

6558

838

Diarrhea

4th

7038

1081

4th

8932

1342

4th

6617

831

4th

7061

1016

7th

3655

467

Bronchitis

5th

4800

737

5th

7908

1188

6th

4382

521

3rd

8303

1195

6th

3738

477

Hypertension

6th

3317

510

6th

4843

728

7th

3540

502

7th

3000

432

3rd

7335

937

Urinary tract infection

7th

2700

415

7th

2856

429

8th

3417

185

6th

5671

816

5th

4483

573

Pneumonia

8th

2260

347

8th

1470

221

5th

5652

644

8th

2994

431

10th

2471

316

Anemia

9th

1447

222

10th

858

129

         

Pulmonary tuberculosis

10th

1029

158

9th

949

143

10th

971

127

      

Skin disease

      

9th

1261

143

      

Gastritis

         

9th

1402

202

9th

2066

264

Accident/wound/injury

         

10th

1130

163

8th

2834

362

  1. The table was created by the author based on the annual provincial health report of the province of Palawan [15, 16]
  2. Abbreviations: URTI upper respiratory tract infection, ARI acute respiratory infection
  3. aRate per 100,000 population
  4. bThe number does not match that in Table 1 due to differences in the methods of data collection (the data for this table was only collected in provincial and private hospitals)