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The morbidity of 5,602 adolescent cases has been analysed and compared. B-46 (diseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat and skin, and upper respiratory infections) is responsible for almost 70 per cent of the morbidity. BN-50 (injuries) seems to be the next important couse of morbidity amongst adolescents. B-6 (dysentery, all forms) seems to occupy a less important place in the morbidity figures of adolescents in comparison with that of infants and children. BE-47 (accidents) seems to be the leading cause of death amongst the adolescent population of all countries. B-18 (malignant neoplasms, including neoplasms of tissues) seems to be the second most important cause of death amongst the adolescent population of the U. K. and U. S. A., the explanation for which is unknown.
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From the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, 6.
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Ghosh, B.N., Dhikpathy, K. Morbidity pattern of the South Indian adolescent. Indian J Pediatr 33, 171–176 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02803844
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