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EPIDEMIOLOÅ KA ANALIZA MORTALITETETA OD GRIPE U REPUBLICI HRVATSKOJ
Introduction: Influenza is an acute infectious disease of the respiratory system caused by one of the influenza viruses A, B or C, which inevitably appears every year in the form of larger or smaller epidemics, with a pronounced rapid spread within the population. A higher number of deaths occurs in the months when the epidemic lasts and is associated with an increased number of pneumonia, especially in older people.
Objective: Analyze the mortality from influenza in the Republic of Croatia and consider the connection of mortality with vaccination status.
Subjects and methods: A retrospective cross - sectional epidemiological study was conducted between January and April 2024. Data on deaths from influenza between January 2014 and December 2023 were analyzedin the Republic of Croatia collected at the Service for Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases of the Croatian Institute of Public Health.
Results: In the observed period in the Republic of Croatia, 65321 people fell ill with the flu, of which 227 reports had a fatal outcome caused by the flu infection. Among the deceased, 70% are people aged 65 and older, and 20 % are people aged 30 to 65. On average, more male persons died, and 63 % of respondents were not vaccinated, 32 % of respondents did not know their vaccination status, and 5 % of them were vaccinated against influenza.
Conclusion: In all flu seasons, we record the highest number of deaths in people aged 65 and older. Most of the deceased persons were not vaccinated against influenza.Uvod: Influenza ili gripa je akutna zarazna bolest diŔnog sustava uzrokovana jednim od virusa
gripe A, B ili C koja se neizostavno pojavljuje svake godine u obliku veÄih ili manjih
epidemija, s izraženim brzim Å”irenjem unutar populacije. VeÄi broj smrtnosti pojavljuje se u
mjesecima kada traje epidemija i povezuje se s poveÄanim brojem upala pluÄa, pogotovo u
starijih ljudi Cilj istraživanja: Analizirati mortalitet od gripe u Republici Hrvatskoj i razmotriti
povezanost mortaliteta s cijepnim statusom.
Materijali i metode:Provedena je retrospektivna presjeÄna epidemioloÅ”ka studija izmeÄu
sijeÄnja i travnja 2024. godine. Analizirani su podaci umrlih od gripe od 01.01.2014. do
31.12.2023. godine u Republici Hrvatskoj prikupljeni na Službi za epidemiologiju zaraznih
bolesti Hrvatskog zavoda za javno zdravstvo.
Rezultati: U promatranom razdoblju u Republici Hrvatskoj od gripe oboljelo je 65 321 osoba,
od toga 227 prijava su imale smrtni ishod uzrokovan infekcijom gripe. MeÄu preminulima 70
% prevladavaju osobe u dobi od 65 godina i starije, a 20 % osobe u dobi od 30 do 65 godina
života. U prosjeku viŔe je muŔkih osoba umrlo te 63 % ispitanika nije bilo cijepljeno, kod 32
% ispitanika nije bio poznat cijepni status, a njih 5% je bilo cijepljeno protiv gripe. ZakljuÄak:
U svim sezonama gripe najveÄi broj smrtnih ishoda bilježimo u osoba u dobi od 65 godina i
starije. VeÄina preminulih osoba nije bila cijepljena protiv gripe