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Bogdan Wojtyniak

Publications and source records attributed to Bogdan Wojtyniak.

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PubMed2002

Highlights on the health status of the Polish population in 1999/2000.

In the paper we describe the main problems of the Polish population health status and their trends in the past years. A meaningful improvement in several health parameters can be noticed in Poland since 1991. In the year 2000 life expectancy was 69.7 and 78.0 for males and females respectively--an increase by 3.6 and 2.7 years in comparison with 1991 values. There have been declining trends in cardiovascular mortality, cancer mortality (more often in younger age groups), infant mortality, incidence of infectious diseases. Mental health problems are the growing issue. It has been stressed that the pace of progress is far too slow to achieve the level of health indicators in EU countries in the not too distant future.

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[Spinal pain in school children].

The investigation was carried out to determine the prevalence of back pain among the population of the school-children aged from 6 to 17 yrs. 3386 children from primary Warsaw schools randomly chosen, were investigated according to the questionnaire based on the diagnostic criteria of juvenile spondyloarthropathies (JSA). Total prevalence of spinal pain was 10.14%. Back pain occurred more frequently than the low - back and cervical pain (5.1% vs 3.44% and 3.04%). The incidence of painful episodes was highest between the age 12 - 15 yrs. Although no definite spondyloarthropathy was found among the investigated children - spinal pain occurred most frequently in those who showed one of the signs included into JSA criteria. This may imply the presence of a risk factor for developing spondyloarthropathy in the future.

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