Analysis on information of public health emergency by direct network reporting in Baiyin, Gansu, 2004 -2008

ObjectiveTo analyze the epidemiological features of public health emergencies and current status of direct network reporting in Baiyin. MethodsThe data of public health emergency was obtained through national public health emergency reporting and management system and analyzed by Excel and SPSS 14.0. ResultsFrom 2004 to 2008, 61 public health emergencies were reported in Baiyin with 5661 cases of disease and 26 deaths. Of all the emergencies, 51 (83.61%) were classified to grade Ⅳ, 9 (14.75) to grade Ⅲ and 1 (1.64%) to grade Ⅱ.The major emergencies were infectious diseases outbreaks, accounted for 83.61% and the major diseases were mumps, influenza, rubella, varicella. Occupational poisoning accounted for 8.20% with high grade and severe harms. The public health emergencies occurred in Jingyuan county and Huining county accounted for the largest proportion (31.15% and 27.87%); The peak periods were observed in March-June and October-December in a year, the emergencies in these periods accounted for 88.52%; The emergencies occurred in school accounted for 85.25%, and students accounted for 93.98% of the total cases. Since 2004, the timeliness, accuracy and completeness of emergency reporting have been improved greatly, but the interval between the occurrence and the reporting of emergency was more than 1 day, which didnt meet the country standard. ConclusionIt is important to increase the timeliness of public health emergencies reporting, strengthen the control/prevention of infectious disease and infrastructures construction in school, and the prevention of occupational poisoning.