Statistics of Inpatients in Our Clinic during the Last 8 Years

Abstract

The statistics of 2,014 inpatients (1,205 males and 809 females) in Yamagata Prefectual Central Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology, between 1983 and 1990 are presented. The age distribution showed that the patients in their fifties constituted the larg est group among the inpatients. The location of diseases was the nasal cavitiy and paranasal sinuses in 470 cases (23.3%), the pharynx in 387 cases (19.2%), the larynx in 321 cases (15.9%), the ear in 289 cases (14.4%), the neck in 129 cases (6.4%), the salivary glands in 121 cases (6.0%),52 in the oral cavity and tongue (2.6%), the trachea and esophagus in 20 cases (1.0%) and the other regions in 98 cases (4.9%). The number of facial palsy was 127(6.3%). Since 1985, the number of inpatients has decreased, mainly because of a decreased number of inflammatory cases such as chronic sinusitis and chronic tonsillitis. There were 217 cases with malignant tumors of head and neck.