Analysis on monitoring results of illness-induced absenteeism among the preschool children in Bao'an District of Shenzhen City during 2014-2015 academic years

Objective To realize the situation of illness-induced absenteeism among the preschool students in Bao'an District of Shenzhen City,and to provide a scientific basis for prevention and control of infectious disease targetedly prevention and control strategies.Methods Random sampling method was employed to 12 kindergartens with random sampling method for monitoring illness-induced absenteeism for 1 academic year,and the monitoring data was analyzed by the method of description describing and analyzing epidemiology and analyze epidemiological.Results A total of 9 516 children had been absent from kindergarten because of illness,with the absenteeism density of 183.96%,20 317.5 person day,and the absent rate of 2.06%.The rate of male children was 2.19%,which was significantly higher than female children(1.89%) (x2 =104.55,P<0.05).The absent rates of the small bottom class,the middle class and top class were 3.50%,1.74%,and 1.34%,respectively,with significant statistical difference(x2 =3 895.86,P<0.05).The months of high incidence were May,June and October.And the rate of absence was 2.74%,2.45% and 2.26% respectively.The main reasons for causing absenteeism was influenzacold.The main symptoms were respiratory symptom and having fever.Conclusion The children from the bottom small class should be as the focus.The seasonal transition between autumn and winter or between spring and summer are the key periods.The health monitoring work should be undertaken as soon as possible among the preschool children.