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OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of caries in affiliated children and teenagers at Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS). METHODS: The survey was carried out according to the World Health Organization indexes. The studied was carried out in 1545 boys and girls aged three, five, six, and twelve years and selected by stratified random sampling in seven places of Mexican Republic (Guanajuato, East and West Estado de México, Northwest 1, Northeast 2, Southwest 3, and Southeast 4 DF). RESULTS: The prevalence of caries was 66.9%. Rates were higher in temporary dentition than in permanent teeth (p<3.07). The mean of caries index per tooth in primary dentition in children of six years of age was 3.57±2.8. In the 12 years of age group the average per tooth was 1.97±1.4. The main component in both primary and permanent dentition was caries with 2.49 and 1.56 respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this survey showed slight changes in prevalence and high levels of caries in children.
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Acidentes Domésticos/estatística & dados numéricos , Intoxicação/epidemiologia , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , México/epidemiologia , Prevalência , Fatores de Risco , Fatores SocioeconômicosRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: To measure the association between social economic conditions and the presence of risk factors for drowning at home in children under 5 years old within metropolitan area of Guadalajara. METHODS: Surveyed 439 family houses were lived children less than 5 years old randomly selected during 18 months. Variables included social economic level, demographics, and bodies of water and accessories present at the house. RESULTS: Children in the lower social economic level are exposed more frequently to buckets and laundry tubs in the house than children of medium level families, but not to underground cisterns and wells. No mater the equal number of underground cisterns and wells, safety accessories and equipment are less frequent in low socioeconomic families. Children in the low social economic level spend more time at their homes than medium socioeconomic level children. CONCLUSIONS: It seems that the high frequency of drowning among low social economic families is related to a higher exposure to risk factors. It is necessary to improve mechanisms and change environmental conditions to reduce the number of children drowning at home.