This disparity should beĪddressed through sanitation infrastructure improvements. Higher respiratory and skin infection rates wereĪssociated with a lack of in-home water service. Higher in low-service than in high-service villages.Ĭonclusions. Staphylococcus aureus infections (RR = 5.1, allĪges) and skin infection hospitalizations (RR = 2.7, all ages) were Pneumonia (RR = 1.3) and respiratory syncytial virus (RR =ġ.2) than did infants from villages with more than 80% served. Villages with less than 10% of homes served had higher hospitalization rates for Than 5 years) than did higher-service regions. Ratio = 2.5), skin or soft tissue infection (RR =ġ.9), and respiratory syncytial virus (RR = 3.4 among those younger Had significantly higher hospitalization rates for pneumonia and influenza (rate Regions with a lower proportion of home water service Skin infections for all ages were compared by village-level water services. Within 1 region, infant respiratory hospitalizations and Hospitalizations for selected infectious diseases among Alaska Natives by regionĭuring 2000 to 2004. Rates for respiratory tract, skin, and gastrointestinal tract infections in Presence of in-home piped water and wastewater services and hospitalization We investigated the relationship between the
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