Epidemiological Analysis on Cases of Acute Flaccid Paralysis from 1997 through 2003 in Yucheng City

Objective This analysis was designed to help learn about the epidemiological characteris-tics of acute flaccid paralysis(SFP) so as to find out weakness in working and provide scientific basis for eliminating poliomyelitis. Methods Epidemiolohical analysis was carried out in terms of AFP cases re-ported from 1997 to 2003. Resuts There were a total of 59 cases of AFP reported during this period，11 of which had been diagnosed as non-AFP by Center for Poliomyelitis Moniloring of Shandong Sani-tation and Anti- epidemic Station，and the morbidity reported annually was 6.83／lakh in average；Country and Town-level hospitals had no AFP cases and most sufferers were children aged between O-4 years dd，accounting for 75％ of the total：there was no noticeable convergent trend in regard to the time and location of consets；12.5％ of cgildren had no full-course immunization or detailed record of immunization hislory or even no immunization. Condusion In the future，training in techniques for medical personnel in counties and towns，screening of AFP cases and the rate of effective immunization against poliomyelitis should be further strengthened.